Name | CVE-2018-19760 |
Description | cfg_init in confuse.c in libConfuse 3.2.2 has a memory leak. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
---|
confuse | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1649152
https://github.com/martinh/libconfuse/issues/120
https://github.com/martinh/libconfuse/commit/5f0e9ea4213d4047649c462e4f1b59a082af58e2
Issue caused by premature exit without cleanup on an error in the caller
not in the library; Negligible security impact in itself and disputed.