MGASA-2018-0021

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    MGASA-2018-0021

    Published: 2 Jan 2018Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated libical packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: libical 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted ics file (CVE-2016-5824). The icaltime_from_string function in libical 0.47 and 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read) via a crafted string to the icalparser_parse_string function (CVE-2016-5827). libical allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) and possibly read heap memory via a crafted ics file (CVE-2016-9584).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0021.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21397, https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-07/msg00108.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libical

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/libical?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.0-4.1.mga5

    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