Re: Fixing CVE-2017-5522 (stack buffer overflow) for mapserver
On Jan/18, Sebastiaan Couwenberg wrote:
> Today the MapServer team has announced the release of version 7.0.4
> which fixes CVE-2017-5522 (stack buffer overflow). To quote the
> release announcement [0]:
>
> "
> Today the project team released versions 6.0.6, 6.2.4, 6.4.5 and 7.0.4
> of MapServer. This is primarily a security release to address
> CVE-2017-5522. That issue involves a buffer overflow identified by
> MapServer developers associated with specific WFS get feature requests.
> "
>
> I've already updated the package in unstable, and have cherry-picked
> the commit fixing the issue for the package in jessie (6.4.1-5+deb8u3)
> & wheezy (6.0.1-3.2+deb7u3). See the attached debdiffs.
>
> The issue may be remotely exploitable with specifically crafted WFS
> requests.
>
> Are these changes OK for upload to security-master?
Yes, please upload, and I'll take care of the DSA.
Cheers,
--Seb
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