Bug 2260399 (CVE-2024-0911) - CVE-2024-0911 indent: heap-based buffer overflow in set_buf_break()
Summary: CVE-2024-0911 indent: heap-based buffer overflow in set_buf_break()
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2024-0911
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2259883 2260400 2260401
Blocks: 2260397
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2024-01-25 21:41 UTC by Robb Gatica
Modified: 2024-02-12 18:47 UTC (History)
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A flaw was found in indent, a program for formatting C code. This issue may allow an attacker to trick a user into processing a specially crafted file to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow, causing the application to crash.
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Description Robb Gatica 2024-01-25 21:41:53 UTC 
GNU Indent 2.2.13 has a heap-based buffer overflow in set_buf_break via a crafted file. 

Originally reported at: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2259883
Comment 1 Robb Gatica 2024-01-25 21:45:16 UTC 
Created indent tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 2260400]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 2260401]
Comment 2 Petr Pisar 2024-01-26 08:50:46 UTC 
An upstream bug report <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-indent/2024-01/msg00000.html>.
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