Debian Security Advisory
DLA-2438-1 raptor2 -- LTS security update
- Date Reported:
- 07 Nov 2020
- Affected Packages:
- raptor2
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2017-18926.
- More information:
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It was discovered that there were two heap overflow vulnerabilities in raptor2, a set of parsers for RDF files that is used, amongst others, in LibreOffice.
- CVE-2017-18926
raptor_xml_writer_start_element_common in raptor_xml_writer.c in Raptor RDF Syntax Library 2.0.15 miscalculates the maximum nspace declarations for the XML writer, leading to heap-based buffer overflows (sometimes seen in raptor_qname_format_as_xml).
For Debian 9
Stretch
, these problems have been fixed in version 2.0.14-1+deb9u1.We recommend that you upgrade your raptor2 packages.
Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
- CVE-2017-18926