Package: gnulib X-Debbugs-CC: t...@security.debian.org Severity: important Tags: security
Hi, The following vulnerability was published for gnulib. CVE-2018-17942[0]: | The convert_to_decimal function in vasnprintf.c in Gnulib before | 2018-09-23 has a heap-based buffer overflow because memory is not | allocated for a trailing '\0' character during %f processing. 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-2018-17942 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-17942 Patch is available here: https://github.com/coreutils/gnulib/commit/278b4175c9d7dd47c1a3071554aac02add3b3c35 Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed. Regards, Markus
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