Bug 1531129 (CVE-2017-1000458) - CVE-2017-1000458 bro: Out-of-bounds write in the ContentLine analyzer
Summary: CVE-2017-1000458 bro: Out-of-bounds write in the ContentLine analyzer
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: CVE-2017-1000458
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1531130
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2018-01-04 16:06 UTC by Andrej Nemec
Modified: 2019-09-29 14:29 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: bro 2.5.2
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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 03:36:09 UTC
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Description Andrej Nemec 2018-01-04 16:06:05 UTC 
Bro before Bro v2.5.2 is vulnerable to an out of bounds write in the ContentLine analyzer allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly other exploitation.

Upstream issue:

https://bro-tracker.atlassian.net/browse/BIT-1856

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/bro/bro/commit/6c0f101a62489b1c5927b4ed63b0e1d37db40282
Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2018-01-04 16:06:37 UTC 
Created bro tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1531130]
Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-06-08 03:36:09 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.
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