A heap memory corruption problem (use after free) can be triggered in libgetdata v0.10.0 when processing maliciously crafted dirfile databases. This degrades the confidentiality, integrity and availability of third-party software that uses libgetdata as a library. This vulnerability may lead to arbitrary code execution or privilege escalation depending on input/skills of attacker.
The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.
| Link | Tags |
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| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1956348 | issue tracking third party advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00015.html | third party advisory mailing list |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OE23HBLIVKVPOQ5MVADWPOCFMREVF4QZ/ | mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/43JTGEMYMCTHD3LHFD7ENBNSWCNBCYEY/ | mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GB7T7DW7XRPJOUE25ZE7GF244FPCHBWY/ | mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory |