A pointer overflow, with code execution, was discovered in ZeroMQ libzmq (aka 0MQ) 4.2.x and 4.3.x before 4.3.1. A v2_decoder.cpp zmq::v2_decoder_t::size_ready integer overflow allows an authenticated attacker to overwrite an arbitrary amount of bytes beyond the bounds of a buffer, which can be leveraged to run arbitrary code on the target system. The memory layout allows the attacker to inject OS commands into a data structure located immediately after the problematic buffer (i.e., it is not necessary to use a typical buffer-overflow exploitation technique that changes the flow of control). Upstream issue: https://github.com/zeromq/libzmq/issues/3351 References: https://github.com/zeromq/libzmq/releases/tag/v4.3.1
Created zeromq tracking bugs for this issue: Affects: epel-all [bug 1665849] Affects: fedora-all [bug 1665848]
Statement: This issue does not affect the versions of zeromq3 as shipped with Red Hat Ceph Storage 2 as this version does not contain the code for the version 2 decoder. The zeromq3 version shipped in Red Hat Ceph Storage 2 only contains the version 1 decoder which does not contain affected code.