Bug 1475734 – CVE-2017-11590 libgxps: NULL pointer dereference in the caseless_hash function

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Bug 1475734 - (CVE-2017-11590) CVE-2017-11590 libgxps: NULL pointer dereference in the caseless_hash function

Summary:	CVE-2017-11590 libgxps: NULL pointer dereference in the caseless_hash function

Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX

Aliases:	CVE-2017-11590

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

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Depends On:	1473167 1475738
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Reported:	2017-07-27 04:53 EDT by Andrej Nemec
Modified:	2017-07-27 05:26 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	2017-07-27 05:26:19 EDT
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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-07-27 04:53:44 EDT

There is a NULL pointer dereference in the caseless_hash function in gxps-archive.c in libgxps 0.2.5. A crafted input will lead to a denial of service attack.

Product bug:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1473167

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-07-27 04:54:19 EDT

Created libgxps tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1475738]

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