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From: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
To: Fabrice Fontaine <fontaine.fabrice@gmail.com>
Cc: Eric Le Bihan <eric.le.bihan.dev@free.fr>, buildroot@buildroot.org
Subject: Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] package/libesmtp: security bump to version 1.1.0
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2021 23:48:36 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210805234836.77fde375@windsurf> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210805212540.3032007-1-fontaine.fabrice@gmail.com>

On Thu,  5 Aug 2021 23:25:40 +0200
Fabrice Fontaine <fontaine.fabrice@gmail.com> wrote:

> After more than a decade, libESMTP version 1.0.6 is superceded. Despite
> proving robust a little bitrot has occurred, especially regarding
> OpenSSL support. The original application data APIs are prone to memory
> leaks and are deprecated in favour of safer replacements. Version 1.1
> updates libESMTP without breaking API and ABI compatibility and
> provides a basis for future development.
> 
> In addition to updates to the codebase, documentation is modernised and
> is more comprehensive.
> 
> All libESMTP users are encouraged to upgrade from version 1.0.6.
> 
> - Update license files
> - Update indentation in hash file (two spaces)
> - Switch to meson-package
> - Handle threads and tls meson options
> - libesmtp-config has been dropped:
>   https://github.com/libesmtp/libESMTP/issues/8
> - Fix CVE-2019-19977: libESMTP through 1.0.6 mishandles domain copying
>   into a fixed-size buffer in ntlm_build_type_2 in ntlm/ntlmstruct.c, as
>   demonstrated by a stack-based buffer over-read.
> 
> https://github.com/libesmtp/libESMTP/releases/tag/v1.1.0
> https://libesmtp.github.io/changes-since-v1.0.6.html
> 
> Signed-off-by: Fabrice Fontaine <fontaine.fabrice@gmail.com>
> ---
>  package/libesmtp/Config.in     |  1 +
>  package/libesmtp/libesmtp.hash |  6 +++---
>  package/libesmtp/libesmtp.mk   | 24 +++++++++++++++++-------
>  3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

Wow, it's a massive bump for a security bump. So, I've applied to
master, but it's a bit risky. Could you make sure that collectd and
syslog-ng continue to build fine after this bump ?

Applied to master anyway, thanks!

Thomas
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-08-05 21:25 [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] package/libesmtp: security bump to version 1.1.0 Fabrice Fontaine
2021-08-05 21:48 ` Thomas Petazzoni [this message]
2021-08-08 19:15   ` Peter Korsgaard

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