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Gentoo: GLSA-202402-31 Normal: GNU Aspell Heap Overflow

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Calendar Grey February 26, 2024
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
GNU Aspell is susceptible to a heap buffer overflow flaw. It is advised to update to the newest version to improve security.
A vulnerability has been discovered in GNU Aspell which leads to a heap buffer overflow.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GNU Aspell. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo buffer overflow heap overflow normal gnu aspell

Resolution

All aspell users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/aspell-0.60.8-r3"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2019-25051 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-25051

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-31
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: GNU Aspell: Heap Buffer Overflow
Date: February 26, 2024
Bugs: #803113
ID: 202402-31

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo buffer overflow heap overflow normal gnu aspell

Synopsis

A vulnerability has been discovered in GNU Aspell which leads to a heap buffer overflow.

Background

GNU Aspell is a popular spell-checker. Dictionaries are available for many languages.

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Affected Packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected --------------- ------------ ------------ app-text/aspell < 0.60.8-r3 >= 0.60.8-r3

Impact

GNU Aspell has a heap-based buffer overflow in acommon::ObjStack::dup_top (called from acommon::StringMap::add and acommon::Config::lookup_list)

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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