Bug 2251635 (CVE-2023-4508)

Summary:	CVE-2023-4508 gerbv: denial of service
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Avinash Hanwate <ahanwate>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
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Doc Text:	Gerbv is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper input validation. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted RS-274X file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.	Story Points:	---
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Description Avinash Hanwate 2023-11-27 02:37:38 UTC

CVE-2023-4508:

A user able to control file input to Gerbv, between versions 2.4.0 and 2.10.0, can cause a crash and cause denial-of-service with a specially crafted Gerber RS-274X file.

Fix is in 2.10.0: https://github.com/gerbv/gerbv/releases/tag/v2.10.0

Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2023-11-27 02:37:55 UTC

Created gerbv tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2251636]