Control: severity -1 wishlist

On 2021-03-16 09:27:12 +0000, Laurence Parry wrote:
> Tags: fixed-upstream
> 
> Using webp-dev on buster with test file bug.c from the second bug
> mentioned above compiled with -lwebp, malloc reported: "free():
> corrupted unsorted chunks" within WebPIDelete().
> 
> This suggests to me that the bug may be exploitable on systems with
> libwebp6 installed - of which there are far more than when this
> package was introduced.
> https://qa.debian.org/popcon-graph.php?packages=libwebp-dev+libwebp6+libwebpmux3+libwebpdemux2+webp&show_installed=on&want_legend=on&want_ticks=on&from_date=2016-03-01&date_fmt=%25Y-%25m&beenhere=1
> 
> As such, I've raised the priority. I don't know which packages use
> libwebp6 in threaded mode, but a change in this may not be noted in
> changelogs anyway.
> 
> As the maintainer appears inactive, I request assistance from the
> security team to address this issue.

Fixes for the security issues have been uploaded. Reducing the severity
of this bug back to wishlist as this is now a "please package new
upstream release" bug report.

Cheers

> 
> Best regards,
> -- 
> Laurence "GreenReaper" Parry - Inkbunny administrator
> https://www.greenreaper.co.uk/ - https://inkbunny.net/

-- 
Sebastian Ramacher

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