Bug 2092896 (CVE-2021-42612) - CVE-2021-42612 halibut: use-after-free in cleanup_index() in index.c
Summary: CVE-2021-42612 halibut: use-after-free in cleanup_index() in index.c
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: CVE-2021-42612
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: 2092897 2092898
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2022-06-02 13:53 UTC by Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz
Modified: 2022-06-02 17:12 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2022-06-02 17:12:50 UTC
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Description Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2022-06-02 13:53:30 UTC
A use after free in cleanup_index in index.c in Halibut 1.2 allows an attacker to cause a segmentation fault or possibly have other unspecified impact via a crafted text document.

Reference:
https://carteryagemann.com/halibut-case-study.html#poc-halibut-text-uaf

Comment 1 Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2022-06-02 13:53:45 UTC
Created halibut tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 2092897]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 2092898]

Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2022-06-02 17:12:48 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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