Bug 1360201 (CVE-2014-9862) - CVE-2014-9862 bsdiff: Improper checking of input allows arbitrary write on heap
Summary: CVE-2014-9862 bsdiff: Improper checking of input allows arbitrary write on heap
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2014-9862
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1360202 1360203
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2016-07-26 08:46 UTC by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2019-09-29 13:53 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2016-07-26 08:47:00 UTC
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Description Adam Mariš 2016-07-26 08:46:18 UTC 
The implementation of bspatch does not check for a negative value on numbers of bytes read from the diff and extra streams, allowing an attacker who can control the patch file to write at arbitrary locations in the heap.

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http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Jul/122
Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2016-07-26 08:46:40 UTC 
Created bsdiff tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1360202]
Affects: epel-all [bug 1360203]
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