glsa-202208-04.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="202208-04">
    <title>libmcpp: Denial of service</title>
    <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities in libmcpp could result in a denial of service condition.</synopsis>
    <product type="ebuild">libmcpp</product>
    <announced>2022-08-04</announced>
    <revised count="1">2022-08-04</revised>
    <bug>718808</bug>
    <access>remote</access>
    <affected>
        <package name="dev-cpp/libmcpp" auto="yes" arch="*">
            <unaffected range="ge">2.7.2_p5</unaffected>
            <vulnerable range="lt">2.7.2_p5</vulnerable>
        </package>
    </affected>
    <background>
        <p>libmcpp is a portable C/C++ preprocessor.</p>
    </background>
    <description>
        <p>A buffer overflow and an out-of-bounds read vulnerability have been discovered in libmcpp, which could be exploited for denial of service.</p>
    </description>
    <impact type="low">
        <p>An attacker that can provide crafted input to libmcpp could achieve denial of service.</p>
    </impact>
    <workaround>
        <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
    </workaround>
    <resolution>
        <p>All libmcpp users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
        
        <code>
          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-cpp/libmcpp-2.7.2_p5"
        </code>
    </resolution>
    <references>
        <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14274">CVE-2019-14274</uri>
    </references>
    <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2022-08-04T13:53:45.282478Z">ajak</metadata>
    <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2022-08-04T13:53:45.286989Z">ajak</metadata>
</glsa>