PT-2017-9750 · Alt Linux+1 · Alt Linux+1

Agostino Sarubbo · Published 2015-10-29 · Updated 2017-02-05 · CVE-2016-8702

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions ALT Linux (affected versions not specified) potrace versions prior to 1.13-alt1

Description The issue concerns a package vulnerability in ALT Linux. An update is available that upgrades potrace to version 1.13-alt1.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.13-alt1, update potrace to version 1.13-alt1 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2015-1929

CVE-2016-8702

DLA-675-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Potrace

References · 12

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-8702 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8702 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8702 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8702 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8702 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8702 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8702 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/11 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/12 · Note
• http://potrace.sourceforge.net/ChangeLog · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/93778 · Note
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/08/08/potrace-multiplesix-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-bm_readbody_bmp-bitmap_io-c · Note