MGASA-2019-0404 - Updated libmirage packages fix security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 24 Dec 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0404.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2019-15540,
     CVE-2019-15757

Updated libmirage packages fix security vulnerabilities:

The CSO filter in libMirage in CDemu did not validate the part size,
triggering a heap-based buffer overflow that could lead to root access
by a local user (CVE-2019-15540).

NULL pointer dereference in the NRG parser (CVE-2019-15757).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25762
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-15540
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-15757

SRPMS:
- 7/core/libmirage-3.2.3-1.mga7

Mageia 2019-0404: libmirage security update

Updated libmirage packages fix security vulnerabilities: The CSO filter in libMirage in CDemu did not validate the part size, triggering a heap-based buffer overflow that could le...

Summary

Updated libmirage packages fix security vulnerabilities:
The CSO filter in libMirage in CDemu did not validate the part size, triggering a heap-based buffer overflow that could lead to root access by a local user (CVE-2019-15540).
NULL pointer dereference in the NRG parser (CVE-2019-15757).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25762

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-15540

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-15757

Resolution

MGASA-2019-0404 - Updated libmirage packages fix security vulnerabilities

SRPMS

- 7/core/libmirage-3.2.3-1.mga7

Severity
Publication date: 24 Dec 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0404.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2019-15540, CVE-2019-15757

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