[PATCH] Add NEWS entry for CVE-2020-1751 (bug 25423)

Carlos O'Donell carlos@redhat.com
Tue Mar 24 16:48:30 GMT 2020


On 3/24/20 11:06 AM, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> ---
>  NEWS | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 

OK with suggested text.

Reviewed-by: Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com>

> diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
> index 68a408a3bc6..0b1a6b43683 100644
> --- a/NEWS
> +++ b/NEWS
> @@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ Security related changes:
>    corruption when they were passed a pseudo-zero argument.  Reported by Guido
>    Vranken / ForAllSecure Mayhem.
>  
> +  CVE-2020-1751: When unwinding through a signal frame the backtrace function
> +  on PowerPC didn't check array bounds when storing the frame address.

I want cause + consequence text for CVEs.

Suggesting: 

CVE-2020-1751: A defect in the PowerPC backtrace function could cause an
out-of-bounds write when executed in a signal frame context.

> +
>    CVE-2020-1752: A use-after-free vulnerability in the glob function when
>    expanding ~user has been fixed.
>  
> 


-- 
Cheers,
Carlos.



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