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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 202210-15
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 Severity: Low
    Title: GDAL: Heap Buffer Overflow
     Date: October 31, 2022
     Bugs: #830370
       ID: 202210-15

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Synopsis
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A heap buffer overflow vulnerability has been found in GDAL which could
result in denial of service.

Background
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GDAL is a geospatial data abstraction library.

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  sci-libs/gdal              < 3.4.1                      >= 3.4.1

Description
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GDAL does not sufficiently sanitize input when loading PCIDSK binary
segments.

Impact
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Loading crafted PCIDSK data via GDAL could result in denial of service.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All GDAL users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sci-libs/gdal-3.4.1"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2021-45943
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-45943

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-15

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2022 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

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