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Fedora 27: FEDORA-2018-b7a613ea5d Critical: gsoap DIME Issue

This patch addresses a critical issue with the DIME protocol receiver that may cause the receiver to become unresponsive when a malformed DIME protocol message is received. -- https://www.genivia.com/advisory.html. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2018-b7a613ea5d 2018-04-27 23:35:59.891088 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name : gsoap Product : Fedora 27 Version : 2.8.49 Release : 4.fc27 URL : https://www.genivia.com/dev.html Summary : Generator Tools for Coding SOAP/XML Web Services in C and C++ Description : The gSOAP Web services development toolkit offers an XML to C/C++ language binding to ease the development of SOAP/XML Web services in C and C/C++. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Update Information: This patch addresses a critical issue with the DIME protocol receiver that may cause the receiver to become unresponsive when a malformed DIME protocol message is received. -- https://www.genivia.com/advisory.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------------ChangeLog: * Wed Apr 18 2018 Mattias Ellert - 2.8.49-4 - Fix issue with DIME protocol receiver and malformed DIME headers --------------------------------------------------------------------------------References: [ 1 ] Bug #1568930 - gsoap: Infinite loop on malformed DIME protocol messages [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1568930 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2018-b7a613ea5d' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPGkeys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/security/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list -- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. To unsubscribe send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Essential gsoap update for Fedora 27 tackling DIME protocol handling problems and risk of freezing.. gsoap security update,DIME receiver issue,Fedora software fix. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Apr 27, 2018 •Critical Fedora