CVE-2014-9862: Buffer Overflow
First published: Fri Jul 22 2016(Updated: )
Integer signedness error in bspatch.c in bspatch in bsdiff, as used in Apple OS X before 10.11.6 and other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) via a crafted patch file.
Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| debian/bsdiff | 4.3-21 4.3-22 4.3-23 | |
| ubuntu/bsdiff | <4.3-17 | 4.3-17 |
| ubuntu/bsdiff | <4.3-15+ | 4.3-15+ |
| macOS Yosemite | <=10.11.5 |
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Reference Links
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/bsdiff/+/4d054795b673855e3a7556c6f2f7ab99ca509998
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=372525
- https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/third_party/bsdiff/+/d0307d1711bd74e51b783a49f9160775aa22e659
- https://support.apple.com/HT206903
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html
- https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:25.bspatch.asc
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00026.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91824
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036438
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00028.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-44
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Jul/8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/09/2
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4500-1/
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-9862
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9862
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9862
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4500-1
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9862
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9862
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