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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2012-4025: SQUASHFS: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2012-4025: SQUASHFS: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/19/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
12/04/2017

Description

Integer overflow in the queue_init function in unsquashfs.c in unsquashfs in Squashfs 4.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted block_log field in the superblock of a .sqsh file, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-sys-fs-squashfs-tools

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