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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="202011-15">
+ <title>libmaxminddb: Denial of service</title>
+ <synopsis>A vulnerability in libmaxminddb could lead to a Denial of Service
+ condition.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">libmaxminddb</product>
+ <announced>2020-11-14</announced>
+ <revised count="1">2020-11-14</revised>
+ <bug>753275</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="dev-libs/libmaxminddb" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">1.4.3</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">1.4.3</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>The libmaxminddb library provides a C library for reading MaxMind DB
+ files, including the GeoIP2 databases from MaxMind.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>libmaxminddb used uninitialised memory when reading from a corrupt
+ database file.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>A remote attacker could entice a user to use a specially crafted
+ database with libmaxminddb, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service
+ condition.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>All libmaxminddb users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=dev-libs/libmaxminddb-1.4.3"
+ </code>
+
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28241">CVE-2020-28241</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2020-11-12T15:42:40Z">sam_c</metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2020-11-14T18:14:48Z">sam_c</metadata>
+</glsa>