| Name | CVE-2019-8379 |
| Description | An issue was discovered in AdvanceCOMP through 2.1. A NULL pointer dereference exists in the function be_uint32_read() located in endianrw.h. It can be triggered by sending a crafted file to a binary. It allows an attacker to cause a Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact when a victim opens a specially crafted file. |
| 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-2868-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 928729 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| advancecomp (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.19-1+deb8u1 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 1.20-1+deb9u1 | fixed |
| buster, bullseye | 2.1-2.1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie, bookworm | 2.5-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[jessie] - advancecomp <ignored> (Minor issue)
https://sourceforge.net/p/advancemame/bugs/271/
https://github.com/amadvance/advancecomp/commit/7894a6e684ce68ddff9f4f4919ab8e3911ac8040