Bug 2092899 (CVE-2021-42613)

Summary:	CVE-2021-42613 halibut: double free in cleanup_index() in index.c
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz <gsuckevi>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED UPSTREAM	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	jskarvad
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Bug Depends On:	2092900, 2092901
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Description Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2022-06-02 13:56:03 UTC

A double free in cleanup_index in index.c in Halibut 1.2 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service or possibly have other unspecified impact via a crafted text document.

Reference:
https://carteryagemann.com/halibut-case-study.html#poc-halibut-winhelp-df

Comment 1 Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2022-06-02 13:56:18 UTC

Created halibut tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 2092900]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 2092901]

Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2022-06-02 17:13:39 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.