Bug 1422545

Summary: recode: Buffer overflow due to long input filenames
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Andrej Nemec <anemec>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-02-15 14:12:44 UTC
A buffer overflow vulnerability was found in recode. Parsing a maliciously crafted file could cause the application to crash.

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/bernardladenthin/Recode/commit/eb3ec625796e83552715b8a20f10664f38cdcd52

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-02-15 14:14:55 UTC
Created recode tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-5 [bug 1422549]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1422550]