Bug#920047: glibc: CVE-2016-10739: getaddrinfo should reject IP addresses with trailing characters
On 2019-01-21 22:17, Florian Weimer wrote: > * Salvatore Bonaccorso: > > > CVE-2016-10739[0]: > > | In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.28, the getaddrinfo > > | function would successfully parse a string that contained an IPv4 > > | address followed by whitespace and arbitrary characters, which could > > | lead applications to incorrectly assume that it had parsed a valid > > | string, without the possibility of embedded HTTP headers or other > > | potentially dangerous substrings. > > > > If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the > > CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry. > > > > For further information see: > > > > [0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10739 > > https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-10739 > > [1] https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20018 > > > > Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed. > > Would it help if I put a backport on the 2.24 upstream branch? > That would indeed help, then we can just pull that branch for the stretch package. Note that there is already an upload in the pipeline (bug #917620), I guess we should get that one into stretch first. Thanks, Aurelien -- Aurelien Jarno GPG: 4096R/1DDD8C9B aurel...@aurel32.net http://www.aurel32.net
Bug#920047: glibc: CVE-2016-10739: getaddrinfo should reject IP addresses with trailing characters
* Salvatore Bonaccorso: > CVE-2016-10739[0]: > | In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.28, the getaddrinfo > | function would successfully parse a string that contained an IPv4 > | address followed by whitespace and arbitrary characters, which could > | lead applications to incorrectly assume that it had parsed a valid > | string, without the possibility of embedded HTTP headers or other > | potentially dangerous substrings. > > If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the > CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry. > > For further information see: > > [0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10739 > https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-10739 > [1] https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20018 > > Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed. Would it help if I put a backport on the 2.24 upstream branch?
Bug#920047: glibc: CVE-2016-10739: getaddrinfo should reject IP addresses with trailing characters
Package: glibc Version: 2.28-5--src Severity: normal Tags: patch security upstream Forwarded: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20018 Control: found -1 2.24-11+deb9u3 Control: found -1 2.24-11 Hi, The following vulnerability was published for glibc. CVE-2016-10739[0]: | In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.28, the getaddrinfo | function would successfully parse a string that contained an IPv4 | address followed by whitespace and arbitrary characters, which could | lead applications to incorrectly assume that it had parsed a valid | string, without the possibility of embedded HTTP headers or other | potentially dangerous substrings. If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry. For further information see: [0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10739 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-10739 [1] https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20018 Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed. Regards, Salvatore
