| Name | CVE-2016-8859 |
| Description | Multiple integer overflows in the TRE library and musl libc allow attackers to cause memory corruption via a large number of (1) states or (2) tags, which triggers an out-of-bounds write. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-687-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 842169, 842171 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| musl (PTS) | bullseye | 1.2.2-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.2.3-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1.2.5-1.1 | fixed |
| tre (PTS) | bullseye | 0.8.0-6 | fixed |
| bookworm | 0.8.0-7 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 0.8.0-8 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| musl | source | jessie | 1.1.5-2+deb8u1 | | | |
| musl | source | (unstable) | 1.1.15-2 | | | 842171 |
| tre | source | wheezy | 0.8.0-3+deb7u1 | | DLA-687-1 | |
| tre | source | jessie | 0.8.0-4+deb8u1 | | | |
| tre | source | (unstable) | 0.8.0-5 | | | 842169 |
Notes
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/19/1
other issues may still be present in tre after this: https://github.com/laurikari/tre/issues/37
musl patch: http://git.musl-libc.org/cgit/musl/commit/?id=c3edc06d1e1360f3570db9155d6b318ae0d0f0f7, not released yet