MGASA-2018-0220

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    MGASA-2018-0220

    Published: 4 May 2018Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated boost packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: A new, potential integer overflow security issue was discovered in Boost.Regex. This update uses a patch from Boost that fixes this potential issue.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0220.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22960, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/342ZTGQCOLK4EMJYROXHMDXITBWJISIU/, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1564252, https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/13036

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: boost

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/boost?arch=source&distro=mageia-6

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.60.0-6.1.mga6

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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