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Mageia 9 MGASA-2024-0371: rapidjson integer underflow threat

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Calendar Grey November 27, 2024
Dist Mageia Esm H88
Recent updates to the rapidjson packages in Mageia address a significant privilege escalation vulnerability. For comprehensive information, see MGASA-2024-0371.
Tencent RapidJSON is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to an integer underflow in the `GenericReader::ParseNumber()` function of `include/rapidjson/reader.h` when parsing JSON...

Summary

Tencent RapidJSON is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to an integer underflow in the `GenericReader::ParseNumber()` function of `include/rapidjson/reader.h` when parsing JSON text from a stream. An attacker needs to send the victim a crafted file which needs to be opened; this triggers the integer underflow vulnerability (when the file is parsed), leading to elevation of privilege. (CVE-2024-38517)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33803

- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7125-1

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-38517

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Topics Covered

security advisory privilege escalation vulnerability integer underflow Mageia rapidjson

Resolution

SRPMS

- 9/core/rapidjson-1.1.0-6.1.mga9

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Publication date: 27 Nov 2024
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0371.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2024-38517

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Topics Covered

security advisory privilege escalation vulnerability integer underflow Mageia rapidjson

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