Name | CVE-2018-17942 |
Description | The convert_to_decimal function in vasnprintf.c in Gnulib before 2018-09-23 has a heap-based buffer overflow because memory is not allocated for a trailing '\0' character during %f processing. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
References | DLA-1543-1 |
Debian Bugs | 910757 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
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gnulib (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 20140202+stable-2+deb8u1 | fixed |
| stretch | 20140202+stable-2+deb9u1 | fixed |
| buster | 20140202+stable-4 | fixed |
| bullseye | 20210102~ebaa53c-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 20230209+stable-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 20240701-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
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gnulib | source | wheezy | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
gnulib | source | jessie | 20140202+stable-2+deb8u1 | | DLA-1543-1 | |
gnulib | source | stretch | 20140202+stable-2+deb9u1 | | | |
gnulib | source | (unstable) | 20140202+stable-3.1 | low | | 910757 |
Notes
pspp affecting bug: https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=54686
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2018-09/msg00107.html
https://github.com/coreutils/gnulib/commit/278b4175c9d7dd47c1a3071554aac02add3b3c35