SB2010111501 - Fedora EPEL 5 update for udunits2
Published: November 15, 2010 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2010111501
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
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-2009-3720)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition when processing an XML document with crafted UTF-8 sequences that trigger a buffer over-read, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-2625 within the The updatePosition function in lib/xmltok_impl.c in libexpat in Expat 2.0.1, as used. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, pass it to the application, trigger out-of-bounds read error and crash the affected application.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.