Stack-based Buffer Overflow Affecting gnome-shell-extension-launch-new-instance package, versions <0:3.28.1-5.el7
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- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed5 May 2018
Introduced: 5 May 2018
CVE-2018-10767 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:7 gnome-shell-extension-launch-new-instance to version 0:3.28.1-5.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2018:3140.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gnome-shell-extension-launch-new-instance package and not the gnome-shell-extension-launch-new-instance package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
There is a stack-based buffer over-read in calling GLib in the function gxps_images_guess_content_type of gxps-images.c in libgxps through 0.3.0 because it does not reject negative return values from a g_input_stream_read call. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.