Bug 855030 - mcrypt: buffer overflow when processing encrypted file headers [fedora-all]
Summary: mcrypt: buffer overflow when processing encrypted file headers [fedora-all]
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: mcrypt
Version: 17
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Tom "spot" Callaway
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: CVE-2012-4409
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-09-06 14:33 UTC by Vincent Danen
Modified: 2012-09-26 09:13 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Doc Type: Release Note
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Last Closed: 2012-09-17 22:15:45 UTC
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Description Vincent Danen 2012-09-06 14:33:24 UTC
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that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected Fedora
versions.

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Comment 1 Tom "spot" Callaway 2012-09-07 15:28:01 UTC
FWIW, this exploit is prevented by FORTIFY_SOURCE:

*** buffer overflow detected ***: mcrypt terminated

Still gonna push the update though.

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2012-09-07 17:34:09 UTC
mcrypt-2.6.8-9.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/mcrypt-2.6.8-9.fc17

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2012-09-07 17:34:27 UTC
mcrypt-2.6.8-9.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/mcrypt-2.6.8-9.fc16

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2012-09-07 17:34:46 UTC
mcrypt-2.6.8-9.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/mcrypt-2.6.8-9.fc18

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2012-09-08 19:24:31 UTC
Package mcrypt-2.6.8-9.fc18:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 18 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing mcrypt-2.6.8-9.fc18'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-13599/mcrypt-2.6.8-9.fc18
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2012-09-17 22:15:45 UTC
mcrypt-2.6.8-9.fc18 has been pushed to the Fedora 18 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2012-09-19 03:10:51 UTC
mcrypt-2.6.8-9.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2012-09-26 09:13:43 UTC
mcrypt-2.6.8-9.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.


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