Out-of-bounds Read Affecting confuse package, versions <3.2.2-r0
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- published23 May 2024
- disclosed20 Jul 2018
Introduced: 20 Jul 2018
CVE-2018-14447 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.20 confuse to version 3.2.2-r0 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream confuse package and not the confuse package as distributed by Alpine.
See How to fix? for Alpine:3.20 relevant fixed versions and status.
trim_whitespace in lexer.l in libConfuse v3.2.1 has an out-of-bounds read.
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14447
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00017.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-14447
- https://github.com/martinh/libconfuse/issues/109
- http://hac425.unaux.com/index.php/archives/64/
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-14447