Bug 1190864 - libhtp: denial of service under memory stress
Summary: libhtp: denial of service under memory stress
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1190865 1190866 1190867
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2015-02-09 19:49 UTC by Martin Prpič
Modified: 2019-09-29 13:27 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2018-09-17 23:06:25 UTC
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Description Martin Prpič 2015-02-09 19:49:14 UTC 
A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in libhtp:

Under severe memory pressure the decompress code can fail to setup properly. Add checks before dereferencing pointers.

Suricata, which embeds libhtp, may also be affected.

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/inliniac/libhtp/commit/c7c03843cd6b1cbf44eb435d160ba53aec948828
Comment 1 Martin Prpič 2015-02-09 19:50:34 UTC 
Created suricata tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1190865]
Comment 2 Martin Prpič 2015-02-09 19:50:37 UTC 
Created libhtp tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1190866]
Affects: epel-6 [bug 1190867]
Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2015-02-26 05:56:23 UTC 
libhtp-0.5.6-3.fc20 has been pushed to the Fedora 20 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
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