Out-of-bounds Write Affecting libonig package, versions <6.3.0-1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.9% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-LIBONIG-282502
  • published24 May 2017
  • disclosed24 May 2017

Introduced: 24 May 2017

CVE-2017-9228  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 libonig to version 6.3.0-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libonig package and not the libonig package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in Oniguruma 6.2.0, as used in Oniguruma-mod in Ruby through 2.4.1 and mbstring in PHP through 7.1.5. A heap out-of-bounds write occurs in bitset_set_range() during regular expression compilation due to an uninitialized variable from an incorrect state transition. An incorrect state transition in parse_char_class() could create an execution path that leaves a critical local variable uninitialized until it's used as an index, resulting in an out-of-bounds write memory corruption.

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