libmaxminddb: Denial of service A vulnerability in libmaxminddb could lead to a Denial of Service condition. libmaxminddb 2020-11-14 2020-11-14 753275 remote 1.4.3 1.4.3

The libmaxminddb library provides a C library for reading MaxMind DB files, including the GeoIP2 databases from MaxMind.

libmaxminddb used uninitialised memory when reading from a corrupt database file.

A remote attacker could entice a user to use a specially crafted database with libmaxminddb, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All libmaxminddb users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/libmaxminddb-1.4.3"
CVE-2020-28241 sam_c sam_c