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CVE-2024-40897

Publication date 26 July 2024

Last updated 29 August 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.7 · Medium

Score breakdown

Stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in orcparse.c of ORC versions prior to 0.4.39. If a developer is tricked to process a specially crafted file with the affected ORC compiler, an arbitrary code may be executed on the developer's build environment. This may lead to compromise of developer machines or CI build environments.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
orc 24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 1:0.4.38-1ubuntu0.1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 1:0.4.32-2ubuntu0.1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1:0.4.31-1ubuntu0.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Vulnerable
16.04 LTS xenial
Vulnerable

Notes

rodrigo-zaiden

from the security advisory: This only affects developers and CI environments using orcc, not users of liborc.

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
orc

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.7 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H