Out-of-bounds Read Affecting gnome-shell-extension-launch-new-instance package, versions <0:3.28.1-5.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.36% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-GNOMESHELLEXTENSIONLAUNCHNEWINSTANCE-5264867
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed4 May 2018

Introduced: 4 May 2018

CVE-2018-10733  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (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 heap-based buffer over-read in the function ft_font_face_hash of gxps-fonts.c in libgxps through 0.3.0. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.