Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201510-1
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Severity: Low
Date : 2015-10-05
CVE-ID : CVE-2015-3239
Package : libunwind
Type : denial of service
Remote : No
Link : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE
Summary
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The package libunwind before version 1.1-3 is vulnerable to denial of service
due to an off-by-one error.
Resolution
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Upgrade to 1.1-3.
# pacman -Syu "libunwind>=1.1-3"
Workaround
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None.
Description
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- CVE-2015-3239 (Unspecified Impact):
Off-by-one error in the dwarf_to_unw_regnum function in include/dwarf_i.h in
libunwind 1.1 allows local users to have unspecified impact via invalid dwarf
opcodes.
Impact
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An attacker could crash the library.
References
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https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2015-3239
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1232265
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/46474