| Name | CVE-2017-15601 |
| Description | In GNU Libextractor 1.4, there is a heap-based buffer overflow in the EXTRACTOR_png_extract_method function in plugins/png_extractor.c, related to processiTXt and stndup. |
| 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-1198-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| libextractor (PTS) | bullseye | 1:1.11-2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1:1.11-7 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 1:1.13-7 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| libextractor | source | wheezy | 1:0.6.3-5+deb7u1 | DLA-1198-1 | ||
| libextractor | source | jessie | 1:1.3-2+deb8u1 | |||
| libextractor | source | stretch | 1:1.3-4+deb9u1 | |||
| libextractor | source | (unstable) | 1:1.6-1 | low |
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libextractor/2017-10/msg00006.html
Fixed by https://git.gnunet.org/libextractor.git/commit/?id=f813535dad4ad860b989952a46266a1469801091