Arch Linux alert ASA-202009-13 (brotli)

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Morten Linderud <foxboron@archlinux.org>
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arch-security@archlinux.org
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[ASA-202009-13] brotli: denial of service
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Tue, 06 Oct 2020 22:10:15 +0200
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<20201006201015.zmfwbn3eig3kis3h@anathema>
Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-202009-13
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Severity: Medium
Date    : 2020-09-26
CVE-ID  : CVE-2020-8927
Package : brotli
Type    : denial of service
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1230

Summary
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The package brotli before version 1.0.9-1 is vulnerable to denial of
service.

Resolution
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Upgrade to 1.0.9-1.

# pacman -Syu "brotli>=1.0.9-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 1.0.9.

Workaround
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None.

Description
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A buffer overflow exists in the Brotli library < 1.0.8, where an
attacker controlling the input length of a "one-shot" decompression
request to a script can trigger a crash, which happens when copying
over chunks of data larger than 2 GiB. It is recommended to update your
Brotli library to 1.0.8 or later. If one cannot update, we recommend to
use the "streaming" API as opposed to the "one-shot" API, and impose
chunk size limits.

Impact
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A remote attacker might be able to cause a crash via crafted content.

References
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https://github.com/google/brotli/releases/tag/v1.0.9
https://github.com/google/brotli/commit/223d80cfbec8fd346...
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-8927