UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11590

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-11590
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11590.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11590
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:44:04Z
Published
2017-07-24T01:29:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:35:46.474201Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

There is a NULL pointer dereference in the caseless_hash function in gxps-archive.c in libgxps 0.2.5. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / libgxps

Package

Name
libgxps
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libgxps@0.3.0-2?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.3.0-2

Affected versions

0.*
0.3.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.3.0-2",
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-gxps-0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.3.0-2",
            "binary_name": "libgxps-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.3.0-2",
            "binary_name": "libgxps-doc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.3.0-2",
            "binary_name": "libgxps-utils"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.3.0-2",
            "binary_name": "libgxps-utils-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.3.0-2",
            "binary_name": "libgxps2"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.3.0-2",
            "binary_name": "libgxps2-dbgsym"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11590.json"