Out-of-Bounds Affecting cfitsio package, versions <3.430-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.04% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-CFITSIO-452119
  • published24 Jul 2019
  • disclosed16 Jul 2019

Introduced: 16 Jul 2019

CVE-2019-1010060  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 cfitsio to version 3.430-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cfitsio package and not the cfitsio package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

NASA CFITSIO prior to 3.43 is affected by: Buffer Overflow. The impact is: arbitrary code execution. The component is: over 40 source code files were changed. The attack vector is: remote unauthenticated attacker. The fixed version is: 3.43. NOTE: this CVE refers to the issues not covered by CVE-2018-3846, CVE-2018-3847, CVE-2018-3848, and CVE-2018-3849. One example is ftp_status in drvrnet.c mishandling a long string beginning with a '4' character.