Out-of-Bounds Affecting cfitsio package, versions <3.430-1
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- published16 Oct 2026
- disclosed16 Jul 2019
Introduced: 16 Jul 2019
CVE-2019-1010060 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Echo:latest 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 Echo.
See How to fix? for Echo:latest 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.
References
- https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2019-1010060
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=892458
- https://github.com/astropy/astropy/pull/7274
- https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/software/fitsio/c/cfitsio3420.tar.gz
- https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/software/fitsio/c/cfitsio3430.tar.gz
- https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/software/fitsio/c/docs/changes2.txt