Changes: Document CVE-2021-45960

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Sebastian Pipping 2022-01-05 18:23:15 +01:00
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@ -3,6 +3,20 @@ NOTE: We are looking for help with a few things:
If you can help, please get in touch. Thanks!
Release x.x.x xxx xxxxxxxx xx xxxx
Security fixes:
#531 #534 CVE-2021-45960 -- Fix issues with left shifts by >=29 places
resulting in
a) realloc acting as free
b) realloc allocating too few bytes
c) undefined behavior
depending on architecture and precise value
for XML documents with >=2^27+1 prefixed attributes
on a single XML tag a la
"<r xmlns:a='[..]' a:a123='[..]' [..] />"
where XML_ParserCreateNS is used to create the parser
(which needs argument "-n" when running xmlwf).
Impact is denial of service, or more.
Other changes:
#535 CMake: Make call to file(GENERATE [..]) work for CMake <3.19
#527 #528 Address compiler warnings
@ -10,6 +24,11 @@ Release x.x.x xxx xxxxxxxx xx xxxx
Infrastructure:
#536 CI: Check for realistic minimum CMake version
Special thanks to:
Tyson Smith
and
GCC Farm Project
Release 2.4.2 Sun December 19 2021
Other changes:
#509 #510 Link againgst libm for function "isnan"