First published: Wed Jan 16 2019(Updated: )
An issue was discovered in GNU Recutils 1.8. There is a memory leak in rec_extract_type in rec-utils.c in librec.a.
Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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GNU Recutils | =1.8 | |
debian/recutils | <=1.8-1<=1.9-2<=1.9-3 | |
=1.8 |
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CVE-2019-6459 is classified as a moderate severity vulnerability due to a memory leak that can affect system performance.
To fix CVE-2019-6459, upgrade GNU Recutils to version 1.9 or later, which addresses the memory leak issue.
CVE-2019-6459 affects GNU Recutils version 1.8, which contains a memory leak in the rec_extract_type function.
CVE-2019-6459 is not typically considered remotely exploitable as it primarily results in a local memory leak.
Users and organizations utilizing GNU Recutils version 1.8 are impacted by CVE-2019-6459 due to the potential for reduced system performance.