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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-8754

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...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 libevt

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"20180317-1"}]}]

Debian:13 libevt

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"20180317-1"}]}]

Debian:14 libevt

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"20180317-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org