Bug 1480631 (CVE-2017-11114)

Summary:	CVE-2017-11114 links: Global-based 1 byte buffer over-read in put_chars function in html_r.c
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Pedro Sampaio <psampaio>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	lkundrak, ovasik
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Description Pedro Sampaio 2017-08-11 14:23:27 UTC

A flaw was found in links 2.14. The put_chars function in html_r.c in Links 2.14 can cause a denial of service(buffer over-read) via a crafted html 
file.

References:

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/76

Comment 1 Pedro Sampaio 2017-08-11 14:23:53 UTC

Created links tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1480633]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1480632]

Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-06-08 03:20:33 UTC

This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.