Bug 1598913 - units: improper downloaded data sanitization in units_cur
Summary: units: improper downloaded data sanitization in units_cur
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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high
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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: 1598917 (view as bug list)
Depends On: 1598914 1598915
Blocks: 1598920
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Reported: 2018-07-06 20:37 UTC by Laura Pardo
Modified: 2021-02-17 00:00 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2018-07-10 22:05:16 UTC
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Description Laura Pardo 2018-07-06 20:37:14 UTC 
A flaw was found in units. units_cur doesn't sanitize downloaded data. This allows a maliciously intended server to execute arbitrary code remotely on the client.


Reference:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=902935
https://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org/msg1613965.html
Comment 1 Laura Pardo 2018-07-06 20:37:46 UTC 
Created units tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1598914]
Comment 3 Pedro Yóssis Silva Barbosa 2018-07-10 20:48:58 UTC 
*** Bug 1598917 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 Pedro Yóssis Silva Barbosa 2018-07-10 21:56:10 UTC 
Statement:

This issue did not affect the versions of units as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7.
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