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Ubuntu: USN-5671-1 (CVE-2019-8379): AdvanceCOMP vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-5671-1 (CVE-2019-8379): AdvanceCOMP vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/16/2019
Created
10/14/2022
Added
10/12/2022
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

An issue was discovered in AdvanceCOMP through 2.1. A NULL pointer dereference exists in the function be_uint32_read() located in endianrw.h. It can be triggered by sending a crafted file to a binary. It allows an attacker to cause a Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact when a victim opens a specially crafted file.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-advancecomp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-ubuntu

References

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