Bug 1190864

Summary:	libhtp: denial of service under memory stress
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Martin Prpič <mprpic>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	athmanem, bochecha, sgrubb
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Bug Depends On:	1190865, 1190866, 1190867
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Description Martin Prpič 2015-02-09 19:49:14 UTC

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in libhtp:

Under severe memory pressure the decompress code can fail to setup properly. Add checks before dereferencing pointers.

Suricata, which embeds libhtp, may also be affected.

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/inliniac/libhtp/commit/c7c03843cd6b1cbf44eb435d160ba53aec948828

Comment 1 Martin Prpič 2015-02-09 19:50:34 UTC

Created suricata tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1190865]

Comment 2 Martin Prpič 2015-02-09 19:50:37 UTC

Created libhtp tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1190866]
Affects: epel-6 [bug 1190867]

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2015-02-26 05:56:23 UTC

libhtp-0.5.6-3.fc20 has been pushed to the Fedora 20 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.