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Message-ID: <f2b1d265-1862-4924-a0d1-05cd821b0506@oracle.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2024 13:59:01 -0700
From: Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith@...cle.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: CVE-2024-42415: Integer Overflow in GNOME libgsf
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2024-2069 reports:
GNOME Project G Structured File Library (libgsf) Compound Document Binary File
Sector Allocation Table integer overflow vulnerability
October 3, 2024
CVE Number
CVE-2024-42415
SUMMARY
An integer overflow vulnerability exists in the Compound Document Binary File
format parser of v1.14.52 of the GNOME Project G Structured File Library
(libgsf). A specially crafted file can result in an integer overflow that allows
for a heap-based buffer overflow when processing the sector allocation table.
This can lead to arbitrary code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious
file to trigger this vulnerability.
CONFIRMED VULNERABLE VERSIONS
The versions below were either tested or verified to be vulnerable by Talos or
confirmed to be vulnerable by the vendor.
GNOME Project G Structured File Library (libgsf) 1.14.52
GNOME Project G Structured File Library (libgsf) commit
634340d31177c02ccdb43171e37291948e7f8974
PRODUCT URLS
G Structured File Library (libgsf) - https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libgsf.git
CVSSv3 SCORE
8.4 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
A detailed analysis is provided in the report at the above URL.
The upstream bug report is at https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libgsf/-/issues/34
and states the bug is "Fixed in 1.14.53" and
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libgsf/-/commit/06d0cb92a4c02e7126ef2ff6f5e29fd74b4be9e0
says it fixes that issue.
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-Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith@...cle.com
Oracle Solaris Engineering - https://blogs.oracle.com/solaris
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