Bug 1580220 (CVE-2018-11099)

Summary:	CVE-2018-11099 vcftools: Heap-based buffer over-read in header.cpp:header::add_INFO_descriptor()
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Sam Fowler <sfowler>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED UPSTREAM	QA Contact:
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	bloch, rosset.filipe
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Bug Depends On:	1580222, 1580223
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Description Sam Fowler 2018-05-21 04:05:44 UTC

VCFtools through version 0.1.15 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read in the header.cpp:header::add_INFO_descriptor() function. An attacker could exploit this to cause an information disclosure or denial of service.


External Reference:

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/May/43

Comment 1 Sam Fowler 2018-05-21 04:08:53 UTC

Created vcftools tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1580222]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1580223]

Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-06-10 10:23:34 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.