Vigil@nce - Gnulib: buffer overflow via convert_to_decimal
December 2018 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Debian, Fedora, WindRiver Linux.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: user access/rights, denial of service on service,
denial of service on client.
Provenance: document.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 11/10/2018.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can generate a buffer overflow via
convert_to_decimal() of Gnulib, in order to trigger a denial of
service, and possibly to run code.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Gnulib-buffer-overflow-via-convert-to-decimal-27460