MGASA-2023-0077 - Updated pkgconf packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 01 Mar 2023
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0077.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 8
CVE: CVE-2023-24056

In pkgconf through 1.9.3, variable duplication can cause unbounded string
expansion due to incorrect checks in
libpkgconf/tuple.c:pkgconf_tuple_parse. For example, a .pc file containing
a few hundred bytes can expand to one billion bytes. (CVE-2023-24056)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31536
- https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/security-announce@lists.opensuse.org/thread/ZWDULBZHRPQHGUXNQ3HNNHRJ3YXPJ7QH/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-24056

SRPMS:
- 8/core/pkgconf-1.7.3-2.1.mga8

Mageia 2023-0077: pkgconf security update

In pkgconf through 1.9.3, variable duplication can cause unbounded string expansion due to incorrect checks in libpkgconf/tuple.c:pkgconf_tuple_parse

Summary

In pkgconf through 1.9.3, variable duplication can cause unbounded string expansion due to incorrect checks in libpkgconf/tuple.c:pkgconf_tuple_parse. For example, a .pc file containing a few hundred bytes can expand to one billion bytes. (CVE-2023-24056)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31536

- https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/security-announce@lists.opensuse.org/thread/ZWDULBZHRPQHGUXNQ3HNNHRJ3YXPJ7QH/

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-24056

Resolution

MGASA-2023-0077 - Updated pkgconf packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 8/core/pkgconf-1.7.3-2.1.mga8

Severity
Publication date: 01 Mar 2023
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0077.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2023-24056

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