Bug#945361: ros-ros-comm: CVE-2019-13566

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: ros-ros-comm
Version: 1.14.3+ds1-9
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
Forwarded: https://github.com/ros/ros_comm/issues/1735
Control: found -1 1.14.3+ds1-5

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for ros-ros-comm.

CVE-2019-13566[0]:
| An issue was discovered in the ROS communications-related packages
| (aka ros_comm or ros-melodic-ros-comm) through 1.14.3. A buffer
| overflow allows attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly
| execute arbitrary code via an IP address with a long hostname.


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-13566
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-13566
[1] https://github.com/ros/ros_comm/issues/1735
[2] https://github.com/ros/ros_comm/pull/1771

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore