SB2019111453 - Fedora 30 update for mingw-gdal
Published: November 14, 2019 Updated: April 25, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019111453
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Double Free (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17545)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the OGRExpatRealloc() function in ogr/ogr_expat.cpp. A remote attacker can pass a large amount of data to the application (more than 10M), trigger double free error and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.