{
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "id": "MGASA-2014-0188",
  "published": "2014-04-23T16:07:45Z",
  "modified": "2014-04-23T16:07:42Z",
  "summary": "Updated systemd packages fix a buffer overflow",
  "details": "A stack-based buffer overflow was found in systemd-ask-password, a utility\nused to query a system password or passphrase from the user, using a\nquestion message specified on the command line. A local user could this\nflaw to crash the binary or even execute arbitrary code with the\npermissions of the user running the program.\n\nThe systemd packages shipped with Mageia 3 and 4 have been updated to\naddress this vulnerability.\n\nAdditionally, the Mageia 4 packages include various other general\nstability and performance fixed deemed appropriate for the stable\nupdates.\n",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0188.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-April/131370.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13219"
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Mageia:3",
        "name": "systemd",
        "purl": "pkg:rpm/mageia/systemd?arch=source&distro=mageia-3"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "195-22.2.mga3"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "section": "core"
      }
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Mageia:4",
        "name": "systemd",
        "purl": "pkg:rpm/mageia/systemd?arch=source&distro=mageia-4"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "208-10.5.mga4"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "section": "core"
      }
    }
  ],
  "credits": [
    {
      "name": "Mageia",
      "type": "COORDINATOR",
      "contact": [
        "https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"
      ]
    }
  ]
}