Out-of-bounds Write Affecting uriparser package, versions <0.7.5-1ubuntu2+esm1
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- published2 Dec 2018
- disclosed12 Nov 2018
Introduced: 12 Nov 2018
CVE-2018-19198 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 uriparser to version 0.7.5-1ubuntu2+esm1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream uriparser package and not the uriparser package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
An issue was discovered in uriparser before 0.9.0. UriQuery.c allows an out-of-bounds write via a uriComposeQuery* or uriComposeQueryEx* function because the '&' character is mishandled in certain contexts.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-19198
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00019.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-19198
- https://github.com/uriparser/uriparser/commit/864f5d4c127def386dd5cc926ad96934b297f04e
- https://github.com/uriparser/uriparser/blob/uriparser-0.9.0/ChangeLog
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2280