MGASA-2021-0276 - Updated slic3r package fixes a security vulnerability

Publication date: 23 Jun 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0276.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7, 8
CVE: CVE-2020-28591

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in the AMF File
AMFParserContext::endElement() functionality of Slic3r libslic3r 1.3.0 and
Master Commit 92abbc42. A specially crafted AMF file can lead to information
disclosure. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this
vulnerability (CVE-2020-28591).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29020
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/TCSYYURJTUKJSEZIPDAXK4NHRXZMHIVA/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-28591

SRPMS:
- 8/core/slic3r-1.3.0-6.1.mga8
- 7/core/slic3r-1.3.0-1.1.mga7

Mageia 2021-0276: slic3r security update

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in the AMF File AMFParserContext::endElement() functionality of Slic3r libslic3r 1.3.0 and Master Commit 92abbc42

Summary

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in the AMF File AMFParserContext::endElement() functionality of Slic3r libslic3r 1.3.0 and Master Commit 92abbc42. A specially crafted AMF file can lead to information disclosure. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability (CVE-2020-28591).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29020

- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/TCSYYURJTUKJSEZIPDAXK4NHRXZMHIVA/

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-28591

Resolution

MGASA-2021-0276 - Updated slic3r package fixes a security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 8/core/slic3r-1.3.0-6.1.mga8

- 7/core/slic3r-1.3.0-1.1.mga7

Severity
Publication date: 23 Jun 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0276.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2020-28591

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