CVE-2015-2675

Summary

CVECVE-2015-2675
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-08-18 18:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-13 00:47:00 UTC
DescriptionThe OAuth implementation in librest before 0.7.93 incorrectly truncates the pointer returned by the rest_proxy_call_get_url function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via running the EnsureCredentials method from the org.gnome.OnlineAccounts.Account interface on an object representing a Flickr account.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnome Librest 0.7.92 All All All
Application Gnome Librest 0.7.92 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 1199049 – CVE-2015-2675 rest: memory corruption when using oauth because of implicit declaration of rest_proxy_call_get_url CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
access.redhat.com | CVE-2015-2675 MISC access.redhat.com
oauth: Add missing include (b50ace77) · Commits · GNOME / librest · GitLab CONFIRM git.gnome.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE request: Invalid pointer dereference in the GNOME librest library MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
1183982 – Memory corruption when using oauth because of implicit declaration of rest_proxy_call_get_url CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Bug 742644 – oauth: Implicit declaration of rest_proxy_call_get_url leads to memory error CONFIRM bugzilla.gnome.org Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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