Bug 1563916

Summary: CVE-2018-3846 cfitsio: Unsafe use of sprintf() can allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code [epel-all]
Product: [Fedora] Fedora EPEL Reporter: Sam Fowler <sfowler>
Component: cfitsioAssignee: Sergio Pascual <sergio.pasra>
Status: NEW --- QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: epel7CC: orion, sergio.pasra
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Description Sam Fowler 2018-04-05 03:42:39 UTC
This is an automatically created tracking bug!  It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of epel-all.

For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.

For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs

When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s).  This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.

Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.

NOTE: this issue affects multiple supported versions of Fedora EPEL. While
only one tracking bug has been filed, please correct all affected versions
at the same time.  If you need to fix the versions independent of each
other, you may clone this bug as appropriate.

Comment 1 Sam Fowler 2018-04-05 03:42:43 UTC
Use the following template to for the 'fedpkg update' request to submit an
update for this issue as it contains the top-level parent bug(s) as well as
this tracking bug.  This will ensure that all associated bugs get updated
when new packages are pushed to stable.

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# bugfix, security, enhancement, newpackage (required)
type=security

# testing, stable
request=testing

# Bug numbers: 1234,9876
bugs=1563913,1563916

# Description of your update
notes=Security fix for [PUT CVEs HERE]

# Enable request automation based on the stable/unstable karma thresholds
autokarma=True
stable_karma=3
unstable_karma=-3

# Automatically close bugs when this marked as stable
close_bugs=True

# Suggest that users restart after update
suggest_reboot=False

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Additionally, you may opt to use the bodhi web interface to submit updates:

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/new

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2019-03-04 14:29:10 UTC
cfitsio-3.430-2.fc28 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 28. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-3c1aed2aa9

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2019-03-05 04:37:42 UTC
cfitsio-3.430-2.fc28 has been pushed to the Fedora 28 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-3c1aed2aa9

Comment 4 Orion Poplawski 2019-04-19 03:37:27 UTC
Just noting here that 3.38 (and others) intruduced a soname bump.  So updating would require rebuilding and would disrupt third-party software, or back-porting of security fixes.  Unfortunately upstream does not appear to have a public repository.