MGASA-2023-0274 - Updated indent package fixes security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 30 Sep 2023
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0274.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 8, 9
CVE: CVE-2023--40305

GNU indent 2.2.13 has a heap-based buffer overflow in search_brace in
indent.c via a crafted file. (CVE-2023-40305)

GNU indent 2.2.13 has a heap overread in lexi().

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32273
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-40305
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4MIUH3F63KQJWYR3FLKRZUYYRJOY6FYX/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023--40305

SRPMS:
- 9/core/indent-2.2.13-1.1.mga9
- 8/core/indent-2.2.13-1.1.mga8

Mageia 2023-0274: indent security update

GNU indent 2.2.13 has a heap-based buffer overflow in search_brace in indent.c via a crafted file

Summary

GNU indent 2.2.13 has a heap-based buffer overflow in search_brace in indent.c via a crafted file. (CVE-2023-40305)
GNU indent 2.2.13 has a heap overread in lexi().

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32273

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-40305

- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4MIUH3F63KQJWYR3FLKRZUYYRJOY6FYX/

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023--40305

Resolution

MGASA-2023-0274 - Updated indent package fixes security vulnerabilities

SRPMS

- 9/core/indent-2.2.13-1.1.mga9

- 8/core/indent-2.2.13-1.1.mga8

Severity
Publication date: 30 Sep 2023
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0274.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2023--40305

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