Bug 2203212 (CVE-2023-31979) - CVE-2023-31979 catdoc: buffer overflow in process_file() in src/reader.c
Summary: CVE-2023-31979 catdoc: buffer overflow in process_file() in src/reader.c
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: CVE-2023-31979
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 2203215 2203213
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2023-05-11 14:36 UTC by Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz
Modified: 2023-05-11 19:12 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2023-05-11 19:12:57 UTC
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Description Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2023-05-11 14:36:03 UTC 
Catdoc v0.95 was discovered to contain a global buffer overflow via the function process_file at /src/reader.c.

Reference:
https://github.com/petewarden/catdoc/issues/9
Comment 1 Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2023-05-11 14:36:21 UTC 
Created catdoc tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 2203215]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 2203213]
Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2023-05-11 19:12:55 UTC 
This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.
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