Bug 1283919

Summary: libmaxminddb: Missing bounds checking and verification of data type causes segfault
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Adam Mariš <amaris>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: carnil, goschwald, jv+fedora
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Fixed In Version: libmaxminddb-1.1.2 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Bug Depends On: 1283920, 1283921    
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Description Adam Mariš 2015-11-20 09:44:45 UTC
There were found several segmentation faults caused by missing bounds checking and missing verification of data type.

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/maxmind/libmaxminddb/commit/51255f113fe3c7b63ffe957636a7656a3ff9d1ff

Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2015-11-20 09:45:15 UTC
Created libmaxminddb tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1283920]
Affects: epel-all [bug 1283921]