MGASA-2018-0043

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    MGASA-2018-0043

    Published: 3 Jan 2018Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-17440

    Summary: Updated libextractor packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: GNU Libextractor 1.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted GIF, IT (Impulse Tracker), NSFE, S3M (Scream Tracker 3), SID, or XM (eXtended Module) file, as demonstrated by the EXTRACTOR_xm_extract_method function in plugins/xm_extractor.c (CVE-2017-17440).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0043.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22240, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/M3U4WCFHXI3CPXBAGROGSUWCMG2M4FFG/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libextractor

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.6-1.1.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
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