GLSA 202210-15: GDAL: Heap Buffer Overflow

Severity:low
Title:GDAL: Heap Buffer Overflow
Date:10/31/2022
Bugs: #830370
ID:202210-15

Synopsis

A heap buffer overflow vulnerability has been found in GDAL which could result in denial of service.

Background

GDAL is a geospatial data abstraction library.

Affected packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected Architecture(s)
sci-libs/gdal < 3.4.1 >= 3.4.1 All supported architectures

Description

GDAL does not sufficiently sanitize input when loading PCIDSK binary segments.

Impact

Loading crafted PCIDSK data via GDAL could result in denial of service.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All GDAL users should upgrade to the latest version:

          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sci-libs/gdal-3.4.1"
        

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202210-15.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

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