Bug 1531129 (CVE-2017-1000458)

Summary:	CVE-2017-1000458 bro: Out-of-bounds write in the ContentLine analyzer
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Andrej Nemec <anemec>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED UPSTREAM	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
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Description Andrej Nemec 2018-01-04 16:06:05 UTC

Bro before Bro v2.5.2 is vulnerable to an out of bounds write in the ContentLine analyzer allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly other exploitation.

Upstream issue:

https://bro-tracker.atlassian.net/browse/BIT-1856

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/bro/bro/commit/6c0f101a62489b1c5927b4ed63b0e1d37db40282

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2018-01-04 16:06:37 UTC

Created bro tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1531130]

Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-06-08 03:36:09 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.