MGASA-2022-0176

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    MGASA-2022-0176

    Published: 12 May 2022Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-40403

    Summary: Updated gerbv packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the pick-and-place rotation parsing functionality of Gerbv 2.7.0 and dev (commit b5f1eacd), and Gerbv forked 2.8.0. A specially-crafted pick-and-place file can exploit the missing initialization of a structure to leak memory contents. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability. (CVE-2021-40403)

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0176.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30391, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/PTGBC37N2FV7NKOWFVCFMPAFYEPHSB7C/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gerbv

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/gerbv?arch=source&distro=mageia-8

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.7.0-3.1.mga8

    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
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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    High
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