Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting nautilus-extensions package, versions <0:3.26.3.1-6.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.28% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-NAUTILUSEXTENSIONS-4463561
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed13 Dec 2018

Introduced: 13 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-5818  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 nautilus-extensions to version 0:3.26.3.1-6.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHBA-2019:2044.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nautilus-extensions package and not the nautilus-extensions package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

An error within the "parse_rollei()" function (internal/dcraw_common.cpp) within LibRaw versions prior to 0.19.1 can be exploited to trigger an infinite loop.