Arch Linux: 202106-13 Medium Severity: Zint Arbitrary Code Execution

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-202106-13
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Severity: Medium
Date    : 2021-06-01
CVE-ID  : CVE-2021-27799
Package : zint
Type    : arbitrary code execution
Remote  : No
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1625

Summary
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The package zint before version 2.9.1-2 is vulnerable to arbitrary code
execution.

Resolution
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Upgrade to 2.9.1-2.

# pacman -Syu "zint>=2.9.1-2"

The problem has been fixed upstream but no release is available yet.

Workaround
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None.

Description
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ean_leading_zeroes in backend/upcean.c in Zint Barcode Generator 2.9.1
has a stack-based buffer overflow that is reachable from the C API
through an application that includes the Zint Barcode Generator library
code.

Impact
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An attacker could execute arbitrary code by supplying crafted input to
generate an EAN barcode.

References
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https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/70051


https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-27799