Mageia: 2018-0440 Critical Update for iniparser Denial of Service
mageia
November 11, 2018
A flaw was found in iniparser version prior to 4.1
Summary
A flaw was found in iniparser version prior to 4.1. A stack buffer underflow in the function iniparser_load() in iniparser.c file which can be triggered by parsing a file that containing a zero-byte. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS).
References
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23561
- https://github.com/ndevilla/iniparser/issues/68
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1545824
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/JM5SZJJT2YKW6NSUEDTA7J4RSLYWP37D/
Topics Covered
Resolution
SRPMS
- 6/core/iniparser-3.1-8.mga6
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Publication date: 11 Nov 2018
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0440.html
Type: security
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