Re: CVE Request: systemd stack-based buffer overflow in systemd-ask-password

[Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers () canonical com>]

On 14-04-17 07:39 AM, Marc Deslauriers wrote:
> Hello,
>
> From the Red Hat bug:
> A stack-based buffer overflow was found in systemd-ask-password, a utility used
> to query a system password or passphrase from the user, using a question message
> specified on the command line. A local user could this flaw to crash the binary
> or even execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running the program.
>
> Bug report:
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1084286
>
> Fix:
> http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/commit/?id=036eeac5a1799fa2c0ae11a14d8c667b5d303189
>
> Could a CVE please be assigned to this issue?

Actually, never mind that request...crashing your own prompt isn't a security issue.

Marc.