Gentoo Archives: gentoo-announce

From: glsamaker@g.o
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 202208-04 ] libmcpp: Denial of service
Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2022 14:09:09
Message-Id: 165962122959.8.10151388684109925946@e7cbb8eca0f2
1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202208-04
3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
4 https://security.gentoo.org/
5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
6
7 Severity: Low
8 Title: libmcpp: Denial of service
9 Date: August 04, 2022
10 Bugs: #718808
11 ID: 202208-04
12
13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
14
15 Synopsis
16 ========
17
18 Multiple vulnerabilities in libmcpp could result in a denial of service
19 condition.
20
21 Background
22 ==========
23
24 libmcpp is a portable C/C++ preprocessor.
25
26 Affected packages
27 =================
28
29 -------------------------------------------------------------------
30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
31 -------------------------------------------------------------------
32 1 dev-cpp/libmcpp < 2.7.2_p5 >= 2.7.2_p5
33
34 Description
35 ===========
36
37 A buffer overflow and an out-of-bounds read vulnerability have been
38 discovered in libmcpp, which could be exploited for denial of service.
39
40 Impact
41 ======
42
43 An attacker that can provide crafted input to libmcpp could achieve denial of service.
44
45 Workaround
46 ==========
47
48 There is no known workaround at this time.
49
50 Resolution
51 ==========
52
53 All libmcpp users should upgrade to the latest version:
54
55 # emerge --sync
56 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-cpp/libmcpp-2.7.2_p5"
57
58 References
59 ==========
60
61 [ 1 ] CVE-2019-14274
62 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14274
63
64 Availability
65 ============
66
67 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
68 the Gentoo Security Website:
69
70 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-04
71
72 Concerns?
73 =========
74
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.
80
81 License
82 =======
83
84 Copyright 2022 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
85 belongs to its owner(s).
86
87 The contents of this document are licensed under the
88 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
89
90 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

Attachments

File name MIME type
signature.asc application/pgp-signature