Bug 1598913

Summary:	units: improper downloaded data sanitization in units_cur
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Laura Pardo <lpardo>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:
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Priority:	high
Version:	unspecified	CC:	kdudka
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Bug Depends On:	1598914, 1598915
Bug Blocks:	1598920

Description Laura Pardo 2018-07-06 20:37:14 UTC

A flaw was found in units. units_cur doesn't sanitize downloaded data. This allows a maliciously intended server to execute arbitrary code remotely on the client.


Reference:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=902935
https://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org/msg1613965.html

Comment 1 Laura Pardo 2018-07-06 20:37:46 UTC

Created units tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1598914]

Comment 3 Pedro Yóssis Silva Barbosa 2018-07-10 20:48:58 UTC

*** Bug 1598917 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4 Pedro Yóssis Silva Barbosa 2018-07-10 21:56:10 UTC

Statement:

This issue did not affect the versions of units as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7.