Bug 2211618 (CVE-2023-33461) - CVE-2023-33461 iniparser: NULL pointer cause crash in iniparser_getboolean
Summary: CVE-2023-33461 iniparser: NULL pointer cause crash in iniparser_getboolean
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2023-33461
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 2211620 2211621 2211622
Blocks: 2211586
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2023-06-01 08:58 UTC by Sandipan Roy
Modified: 2023-06-20 05:40 UTC (History)
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A flaw was found in iniparser which could lead to a NULL Pointer Dereference in the iniparser_getlongint function, which misses check NULL for function iniparser_getstring's return.
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Last Closed: 2023-06-02 01:46:34 UTC
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Description Sandipan Roy 2023-06-01 08:58:55 UTC 
iniparser v4.1 is vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference in function iniparser_getlongint which misses check NULL for function iniparser_getstring's return.

https://github.com/ndevilla/iniparser/issues/144
Comment 1 Sandipan Roy 2023-06-01 09:00:27 UTC 
Created iniparser tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-8 [bug 2211620]
Affects: fedora-37 [bug 2211621]
Affects: fedora-38 [bug 2211622]
Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2023-06-02 01:46:33 UTC 
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2023-33461
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