Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting libextractor package, versions <1:1.6-1
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- published18 Oct 2017
- disclosed18 Oct 2017
Introduced: 18 Oct 2017
CVE-2017-15602 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:13 libextractor to version 1:1.6-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libextractor package and not the libextractor package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.
In GNU Libextractor 1.4, there is an integer signedness error for the chunk size in the EXTRACTOR_nsfe_extract_method function in plugins/nsfe_extractor.c, leading to an infinite loop for a crafted size.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-15602
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00000.html
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-10/msg00005.html
- https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libextractor/libextractor-1.6.tar.gz
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-15602