Bug 2391892 - CVE-2025-55763 civetweb: CivetWeb buffer overflow [fedora-42]
Summary: CVE-2025-55763 civetweb: CivetWeb buffer overflow [fedora-42]
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: civetweb
Version: 42
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Kaleb KEITHLEY
QA Contact:
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Whiteboard: {"flaws": ["b8114ba7-2533-492f-88e0-7...
Depends On:
Blocks: CVE-2025-55763
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Reported: 2025-08-29 18:33 UTC by Jon Moroney
Modified: 2025-09-12 02:06 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

Fixed In Version: civetweb-1.16-9.fc42
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2025-09-12 02:06:25 UTC
Type: ---
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Github civetweb civetweb issues 1346 0 None open High severity memory corruption vulnerability 2025-09-03 12:01:09 UTC
Github civetweb civetweb issues 1356 0 None open VUL-0: CVE-2025-55763: civetweb: heap buffer overflow in the URI parser can be triggered via a crafted HTTP request 2025-09-03 11:59:55 UTC

Description Jon Moroney 2025-08-29 18:33:22 UTC
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Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2025-09-03 15:28:32 UTC
FEDORA-2025-7ddaa1e0bd (civetweb-1.16-9.fc42) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 42.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-7ddaa1e0bd

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2025-09-04 01:48:23 UTC
FEDORA-2025-7ddaa1e0bd has been pushed to the Fedora 42 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2025-7ddaa1e0bd`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-7ddaa1e0bd

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2025-09-12 02:06:25 UTC
FEDORA-2025-7ddaa1e0bd (civetweb-1.16-9.fc42) has been pushed to the Fedora 42 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.


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