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Bug 629956 (CVE-2017-14108) - app-editors/gedit: GNOME gedit through 3.22.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
Summary: app-editors/gedit: GNOME gedit through 3.22.1 allows remote attackers to caus...
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Alias: CVE-2017-14108
Product: Gentoo Security
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal minor
Assignee: Gentoo Security
URL: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.c...
Whiteboard: B3 [upstream cve]
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Reported: 2017-09-05 12:40 UTC by D'juan McDonald (domhnall)
Modified: 2019-03-30 00:39 UTC (History)
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Description D'juan McDonald (domhnall) 2017-09-05 12:40:15 UTC 
From ${UR}:

libgedit.a in GNOME gedit through 3.22.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a file that begins with many '\0' characters.

CVE Details:(https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2017-14108)

@maintainer(s), issue seems unknown to upstream at this time.

Daj Uan (jmbailey/mbailey_j)
Gentoo Security Padawan
Comment 1 D'juan McDonald (domhnall) 2017-09-05 12:50:18 UTC 
Update: @maintainer(s), see $URL for details. 

@security, according to: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gedit/ReportingBugs this type of bug is expected behavior.