CVE-2014-9862

Upstream information

CVE-2014-9862 at MITRE

Description

Integer signedness error in bspatch.c in bspatch in bsdiff, as used in Apple OS X before 10.11.6 and other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) via a crafted patch file.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	7.2
Vector	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector	Local
Access Complexity	Low
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Complete
Integrity Impact	Complete
Availability Impact	Complete

CVSS v3 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	7.8
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Access Vector	Local
Access Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	Low
User Interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact	High
Integrity Impact	High
Availability Impact	High
CVSSv3 Version	3

SUSE Bugzilla entries: 1173974 [NEW], 990660 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

• openSUSE-SU-2016:1977-1, published Sat, 6 Aug 2016 00:11:35 +0200 (CEST)

List of released packages

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
openSUSE Tumbleweed	bsdiff >= 4.3-5.3	Patchnames: openSUSE Tumbleweed GA bsdiff-4.3-5.3