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From: glsamaker@g.o
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 202210-15 ] GDAL: Heap Buffer Overflow
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2022 02:09:07
Message-Id: 166717864059.9.4533636239398697958@90bb6a0775af
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202210-15
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7 Severity: Low
8 Title: GDAL: Heap Buffer Overflow
9 Date: October 31, 2022
10 Bugs: #830370
11 ID: 202210-15
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15 Synopsis
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18 A heap buffer overflow vulnerability has been found in GDAL which could
19 result in denial of service.
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21 Background
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24 GDAL is a geospatial data abstraction library.
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26 Affected packages
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 sci-libs/gdal < 3.4.1 >= 3.4.1
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34 Description
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37 GDAL does not sufficiently sanitize input when loading PCIDSK binary
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40 Impact
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43 Loading crafted PCIDSK data via GDAL could result in denial of service.
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45 Workaround
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48 There is no known workaround at this time.
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50 Resolution
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53 All GDAL users should upgrade to the latest version:
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55 # emerge --sync
56 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sci-libs/gdal-3.4.1"
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58 References
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61 [ 1 ] CVE-2021-45943
62 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-45943
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64 Availability
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67 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
68 the Gentoo Security Website:
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70 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-15
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72 Concerns?
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75 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
76 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
77 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
78 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
79 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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81 License
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84 Copyright 2022 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
85 belongs to its owner(s).
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87 The contents of this document are licensed under the
88 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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90 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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