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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-2816: libofx: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-2816: libofx: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/13/2017
Created
09/04/2019
Added
09/03/2019
Modified
09/03/2019

Description

An exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the tag parsing functionality of LibOFX 0.9.11. A specially crafted OFX file can cause a write out of bounds resulting in a buffer overflow on the stack. An attacker can construct a malicious OFX file to trigger this vulnerability.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-libs-libofx

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