MGASA-2014-0460

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    MGASA-2014-0460

    Published: 21 Nov 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-2298

    Summary: Updated boinc-client packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: Multiple stack overflow flaws were found in the way the XML parser of boinc-client, a Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC) client for distributed computing, performed processing of certain XML files. A rogue BOINC server could provide a specially-crafted XML file that, when processed would lead to boinc-client executable crash (CVE-2013-2298). Issues preventing the boinc-client service from working immediately after installation have been fixed as well.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0460.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12129, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/125125.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9108, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9109

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: boinc-client

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/boinc-client?arch=source&distro=mageia-3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -7.2.42-1.2.mga3

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High