Bug#870183: libgxps: CVE-2017-11590

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: libgxps
Version: 0.2.5-1
Severity: important
Tags: upstream security

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for libgxps.

CVE-2017-11590[0]:
| 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.

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-2017-11590
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-11590
[1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1473167

Regards,
Salvatore