| 2017-12-09 23:14:04 |
Jeremy Bícha |
description |
Impact
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Integer underflow could be targeted as a buffer overflow
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/brotli
Debdiff attached.
Regression Potential
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This update was published in Debian unstable/testing as 0.3.0+dfsg-3 from late March to mid June 2016 when it was superseded by a newer version. The Ubuntu security sync tool wasn't able to retrieve this version now.
brotli has no reverse dependencies in Ubuntu and is in universe.
Testing Done
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Only a simple build test.
There is a build test to ensure basic functionality of brotli with both python2 and python3.
Other Info
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The main purpose of this security update is to clear up the security history section of MIR LP: #1737053.
It is mentioned in the MIR bug that it is intended for brotli 1.0.2 to be backported to Ubuntu 16.04 and 17.10 as a security update (and promoted to main there), after 17.04 reaches End of Life. |
Impact
------
Integer underflow could be targeted as a buffer overflow
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/brotli
Debdiff attached.
Because brotli is embedded in web browsers for WOFF2 support (to be somewhat fixed by the proposed brotli MIR), this issue was already mentioned in
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-1/ (Firefox)
Luke Li discovered a buffer overflow during Brotli decompression in some
circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted
website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of
service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2016-1968)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2895-1/ (Oxide)
An integer underflow was discovered in Brotli. If a user were tricked in
to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially
exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or
execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the
program. (CVE-2016-1624)
Regression Potential
--------------------
This update was published in Debian unstable/testing as 0.3.0+dfsg-3 from late March to mid June 2016 when it was superseded by a newer version. The Ubuntu security sync tool wasn't able to retrieve this version now.
brotli has no reverse dependencies in Ubuntu and is in universe.
Testing Done
------------
Only a simple build test.
There is a build test to ensure basic functionality of brotli with both python2 and python3.
Other Info
----------
The main purpose of this security update is to clear up the security history section of MIR LP: #1737053.
It is mentioned in the MIR bug that it is intended for brotli 1.0.2 to be backported to Ubuntu 16.04 and 17.10 as a security update (and promoted to main there), after 17.04 reaches End of Life. |
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