DSA-4785-1 raptor2 -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4785-1 raptor2 -- security update

Date Reported:

07 Nov 2020

Affected Packages:

raptor2

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 973889.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2017-18926.

More information:

It was discovered that raptor2, an RDF parser library, is prone to heap-based buffer overflow flaws, which could result in denial of service, or potentially the execution of arbitrary code, if a specially crafted file is processed.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.14-1.1~deb10u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your raptor2 packages.

For the detailed security status of raptor2 please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/raptor2