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Mageia 2024-0337: libgsf Security Advisory Updates

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Calendar Grey October 27, 2024
Dist Mageia Esm H88
Integer overflow vulnerabilities in libgsf require updates for security. See MGASA-2024-0337 for details.
An integer overflow vulnerability exists in the Compound Document Binary File format parser of the GNOME Project G Structured File Library (libgsf) version v1.14.52

Summary

An integer overflow vulnerability exists in the Compound Document Binary File format parser of the GNOME Project G Structured File Library (libgsf) version v1.14.52. A specially crafted file can result in an integer overflow when processing the directory from the file that allows for an out-of-bounds index to be used when reading and writing to an array. This can lead to arbitrary code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability. (CVE-2024-36474) An integer overflow vulnerability exists in the Compound Document Binary File format parser of v1.14.52 of the GNOME Project G Structured File Library (libgsf). A specially crafted file can result in an integer overflow that allows for a heap-based buffer overflow when processing the sector allocation table. This can lead to arbitrary code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability. (CVE-2024-42415)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33620

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- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7062-1

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-36474

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42415

Resolution

SRPMS

- 9/core/libgsf-1.14.50-1.1.mga9

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Publication date: 27 Oct 2024
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0337.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2024-36474, CVE-2024-42415

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