Bug 2212465 (CVE-2023-32181) - CVE-2023-32181 libeconf: stack-based buffer overflow in econf_writeFile() in lib/libeconf.c
Summary: CVE-2023-32181 libeconf: stack-based buffer overflow in econf_writeFile() in ...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2023-32181
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: 2212466 2212469 2212470
Blocks: 2211759
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2023-06-05 16:35 UTC by Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz
Modified: 2023-06-09 14:25 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: libeconf 0.5.2
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A flaw was found in the libeconf library. This issue occurs when parsing a specially crafted configuration file, causing a stack-based buffer overflow, resulting in a denial of service.
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Last Closed: 2023-06-07 00:30:57 UTC
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Description Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2023-06-05 16:35:25 UTC 
A Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') vulnerability in openSUSE libeconf allows for DoS via malformed configuration files. This issue affects libeconf: before 0.5.2.

References:
https://github.com/openSUSE/libeconf/issues/178
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2023-32181

Upstream patch:
https://github.com/openSUSE/libeconf/pull/183
Comment 1 Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2023-06-05 16:35:46 UTC 
Created libeconf tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2212466]
Comment 3 Product Security DevOps Team 2023-06-07 00:30:55 UTC 
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2023-32181
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