SB2019092814 - Out-of-bounds read in radare2 (Alpine package)
Published: September 28, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019092814
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-12790)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in In radare2 through 3.5.1, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in the r_egg_lang_parsechar function of egg_lang.c. This. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact because of missing length validation in libr/egg/egg.c.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.