| Name | CVE-2020-35357 |
| Description | A buffer overflow can occur when calculating the quantile value using the Statistics Library of GSL (GNU Scientific Library), versions 2.5 and 2.6. Processing a maliciously crafted input data for gsl_stats_quantile_from_sorted_data of the library may lead to unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. |
| 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-3576-1, ELA-952-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 1052655 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| gsl (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.16+dfsg-2+deb8u1 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2.3+dfsg-1+deb9u1 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 2.5+dfsg-6+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 2.6+dfsg-2 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 2.7.1+dfsg-5 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 2.8+dfsg-4 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[bookworm] - gsl <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - gsl <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59624
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gsl.git/commit/?id=989a193268b963aa1047814f7f1402084fb7d859