glsa-202401-23.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="202401-23">
    <title>libuv: Buffer Overread</title>
    <synopsis>A buffer overread vulnerability has been found in libuv.</synopsis>
    <product type="ebuild">libuv</product>
    <announced>2024-01-16</announced>
    <revised count="1">2024-01-16</revised>
    <bug>800986</bug>
    <access>remote</access>
    <affected>
        <package name="dev-libs/libuv" auto="yes" arch="*">
            <unaffected range="ge">1.41.1</unaffected>
            <vulnerable range="lt">1.41.1</vulnerable>
        </package>
    </affected>
    <background>
        <p>libuv is a multi-platform support library with a focus on asynchronous I/O.</p>
    </background>
    <description>
        <p>libuv fails to ensure that a pointer lies within the bounds of a defined buffer in the uv__idna_toascii() function before reading and manipulating the memory at that address.</p>
    </description>
    <impact type="low">
        <p>The overread can result in information disclosure or application crash.</p>
    </impact>
    <workaround>
        <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
    </workaround>
    <resolution>
        <p>All libuv users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
        
        <code>
          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/libuv-1.41.1"
        </code>
    </resolution>
    <references>
        <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22918">CVE-2021-22918</uri>
    </references>
    <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2024-01-16T12:19:14.656272Z">ajak</metadata>
    <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2024-01-16T12:19:14.662177Z">graaff</metadata>
</glsa>