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Mageia 8: 2023-0082 High Severity LibRaw Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

mageia
Calendar Grey March 1, 2023
Dist Mageia Esm H88
Newly released libraw updates rectify vulnerability related to buffer overflow, preventing potential privilege escalation in the Mageia operating system.
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in LibRaw linux/unix v0.20.0 allows attacker to escalate privileges via the LibRaw_buffer_datastream::gets(char*, int) in /src/libraw/src/libraw_datas...

Summary

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in LibRaw linux/unix v0.20.0 allows attacker to escalate privileges via the LibRaw_buffer_datastream::gets(char*, int) in /src/libraw/src/libraw_datastream.cpp. (CVE-2021-32142)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31594

- https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2023-February/013886.html

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-32142

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow privilege escalation libraw mageia

Resolution

SRPMS

- 8/core/libraw-0.20.2-1.1.mga8

Severity
important
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Medium
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Critical

Publication date: 01 Mar 2023
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0082.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2021-32142

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow privilege escalation libraw mageia

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