Bug#988239: libgetdata: CVE-2021-20204

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: libgetdata
Version: 0.10.0-9
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
Forwarded: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libgetdata/+bug/1912050
X-Debbugs-Cc: carnil at debian.org, Debian Security Team <team at security.debian.org>
Control: found -1 0.10.0-5

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for libgetdata.

CVE-2021-20204[0]:
| A heap memory corruption problem (use after free) can be triggered in
| libgetdata v0.10.0 when processing maliciously crafted dirfile
| databases. This degrades the confidentiality, integrity and
| availability of third-party software that uses libgetdata as a
| library. This vulnerability may lead to arbitrary code execution or
| privilege escalation depending on input/skills of attacker.


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-2021-20204
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-20204
[1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libgetdata/+bug/1912050
[2] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1956348

Regards,
Salvatore