CVE-2017-15602 - In GNU Libextractor 1.4, there is an integer signedness error for the chunk size in the EXTRACTOR_ns

CVE-2017-15602

Summary

In GNU Libextractor 1.4, there is an integer signedness error for the chunk size in the EXTRACTOR_nsfe_extract_method function in plugins/nsfe_extractor.c, leading to an infinite loop for a crafted size.

References

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-10/msg00005.html
https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libextractor/libextractor-1.6.tar.gz
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00000.html

Vulnerable Configurations

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:libextractor:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:libextractor:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS

Base:	5.0 (as of 03-10-2019 - 00:03)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

CWE-835

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
NETWORK	LOW	NONE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
NONE	NONE	PARTIAL

cvss-vector via4

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

refmap via4

misc	http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-10/msg00005.html https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libextractor/libextractor-1.6.tar.gz
mlist	[debian-lts-announce] 20171204 [SECURITY] [DLA 1198-1] libextractor security update

Last major update

03-10-2019 - 00:03

Published

18-10-2017 - 21:29

Last modified

03-10-2019 - 00:03