SB2023062852 - Denial of service in iniparser
Published: June 28, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2023062852
Severity
Medium
Patch available
NO
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) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-33461)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error within the iniparser_getlongint() function. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted file to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.
References
- https://github.com/ndevilla/iniparser/issues/144
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BQAIP5AURSTWIQOOP7G4CXYJ5IIGPY3Q/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ASV7SEDHGCP63GYAFEW3CTTVQDZM5RIK/