Bug 2231854 (CVE-2023-40305)

Summary:	CVE-2023-40305 indent: heap-based buffer overflow in search_brace() in indent.c
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Rohit Keshri <rkeshri>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Nobody <nobody>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
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Priority:	low
Version:	unspecified	CC:	ppisar
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in indent, a program for formatting C code. This flaw allows an attacker who can trick a user into processing a specially crafted file to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow, causing the application to crash.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2023-08-14 21:05:09 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2231919, 2231920
Bug Blocks:	2231855

Description Rohit Keshri 2023-08-14 12:55:07 UTC

GNU indent 2.2.13 has a heap-based buffer overflow in search_brace in indent.c via a crafted file.

References:
https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/indent/
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?64503

Comment 1 Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2023-08-14 16:28:25 UTC

Created indent tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 2231920]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 2231919]

Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2023-08-14 21:05:07 UTC

This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2023-40305

Comment 3 Petr Pisar 2023-08-16 14:41:26 UTC

I posted a fix to the upstream bug report.