FS#70042 - [xcftools] [Security] arbitrary code execution (CVE-2019-5087 CVE-2019-5086)

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by Jonas Witschel (diabonas) - Wednesday, 17 March 2021, 11:51 GMT
Last edited by Alexander F. Rødseth (xyproto) - Friday, 19 March 2021, 11:50 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Security
Status Closed
Assigned To Alexander F. Rødseth (xyproto)
Levente Polyak (anthraxx)
Architecture All
Severity High
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Summary
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The package xcftools is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution via CVE-2019-5087 and CVE-2019-5086.

Guidance
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Upstream has shown no activity whatsoever since the end of 2019, so I suggest applying the patch suggested in the pull request referenced below, i.e. https://github.com/j-jorge/xcftools/commit/59c38e3e45b9112c2bcb4392bccf56e297854f8a.patch

References
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https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1679
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0879
https://github.com/j-jorge/xcftools/issues/13
https://github.com/j-jorge/xcftools/pull/15
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0878
https://github.com/j-jorge/xcftools/issues/12
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Closed by  Alexander F. Rødseth (xyproto)
Friday, 19 March 2021, 11:50 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed

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