[Secure-testing-team] Bug#856572: radare2: CVE-2017-6415

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: radare2
Version: 1.1.0+dfsg-2
Severity: important
Tags: patch security upstream
Forwarded: https://github.com/radare/radare2/issues/6872

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for radare2.

CVE-2017-6415[0]:
| The dex_parse_debug_item function in libr/bin/p/bin_dex.c in radare2
| 1.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL
| pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted DEX file.

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-6415
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6415
[1] https://github.com/radare/radare2/issues/6872

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore