[GLSA-202401-23] libuv: Buffer Overread

Severity Low

Affected Packages 1

Unaffected Packages 1

CVEs 1

A buffer overread vulnerability has been found in libuv.

Background
libuv is a multi-platform support library with a focus on asynchronous I/O.

Description
libuv fails to ensure that a pointer lies within the bounds of a defined buffer in the uv__idna_toascii() function before reading and manipulating the memory at that address.

Impact
The overread can result in information disclosure or application crash.

Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
All libuv users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/libuv-1.41.1"

Package	Affected Version
pkg:ebuild/dev-libs/libuv?distro=gentoo	< 1.41.1

Package	Unaffected Version
pkg:ebuild/dev-libs/libuv?distro=gentoo	>= 1.41.1

ID

GLSA-202401-23

Severity

low

URL

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-23

Published

2024-01-16T00:00:00
(8 months ago)

Modified

2024-01-16T00:00:00
(8 months ago)

Rights

Gentoo Foundation, Inc.

Other Advisories

Source	# ID	Name	URL
CVE	CVE-2021-22918	CVE-2021-22918	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22918
Bugzilla	800986	Bugzilla #800986	https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=800986

Type	Package URL	Namespace	Name / Product	Version	Distribution / Platform	Arch	Patch / Fix
Affected	pkg:ebuild/dev-libs/libuv?distro=gentoo	dev-libs	libuv	< 1.41.1	gentoo
Unaffected	pkg:ebuild/dev-libs/libuv?distro=gentoo	dev-libs	libuv	>= 1.41.1	gentoo

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