Bug 1542817 (CVE-2018-6758) - CVE-2018-6758 uwsgi: Stack-based buffer overflow in core/utils.c:uwsgi_expand_path() can lead to crash and potential code execution
Summary: CVE-2018-6758 uwsgi: Stack-based buffer overflow in core/utils.c:uwsgi_expand...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2018-6758
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1542818 1542819
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2018-02-07 04:49 UTC by Sam Fowler
Modified: 2021-02-17 00:50 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2018-07-09 04:22:04 UTC
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Description Sam Fowler 2018-02-07 04:49:13 UTC 
The uwsgi_expand_path() function in core/utils.c in Unbit uWSGI through 2.0.15 has a stack-based buffer overflow via a large directory length. A remote attacker could exploit this to cause a crash or potential arbitrary code execution.


External References:

http://lists.unbit.it/pipermail/uwsgi/2018-February/008835.html


Upstream Fix:

https://github.com/unbit/uwsgi/commit/cb4636f7c0af2e97a4eef7a3cdcbd85a71247bfe
Comment 1 Sam Fowler 2018-02-07 04:49:44 UTC 
Created uwsgi tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1542819]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1542818]
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