CVE-2009-0757

Publication date 3 March 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in GNU MPFR 2.4.0 allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via the (1) mpfr_snprintf and (2) mpfr_vsnprintf functions.

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
mpfr	9.04 jaunty	Fixed 2.4.0-1ubuntu3.1
	8.10 intrepid	Not affected
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not affected
	7.10 gutsy	Not affected
	6.06 LTS dapper	Not affected

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Notes

mdeslaur

vulnerable functions were introduced in 2.4.0

Patch details

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

Package	Patch details
mpfr	Upstream: http://mpfr.loria.fr/mpfr-2.4.0/patch02 Upstream: https://gforge.inria.fr/plugins/scmsvn/viewcvs.php?rev=6000&root=mpfr&view=rev

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-772-1
MPFR vulnerability
7 May 2009

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0757