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Debian: CVE-2018-8754: libevt -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2018-8754: libevt -- security update

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/17/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/02/2018
Modified
11/08/2023

Description

The libevt_record_values_read_event() function in libevt_record_values.c in libevt before 2018-03-17 does not properly check for out-of-bounds values of user SID data size, strings size, or data size. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this as described in libyal/libevt issue 5 on GitHub

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-libevt

References

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