UBUNTU-CVE-2019-6456

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-6456
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-6456.json
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https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-6456
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Published
2019-01-16T18:29:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:47:29Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

An issue was discovered in GNU Recutils 1.8. There is a NULL pointer dereference in the function recfexsize() in the file rec-fex.c of librec.a.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / recutils

Package

Name
recutils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/recutils@1.7-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.7-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

1.*

1.7-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "librec-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.7-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "librec1",
            "binary_version": "1.7-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "recutils",
            "binary_version": "1.7-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / recutils

Package

Name
recutils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/recutils@1.7-2ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.7-2ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

1.*

1.7-1.1
1.7-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "librec-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.7-2ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "librec1",
            "binary_version": "1.7-2ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "recutils",
            "binary_version": "1.7-2ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS / recutils

Package

Name
recutils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/recutils@1.8-1ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.8-1ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1

Affected versions

1.*

1.7-3build1
1.8-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "librec-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.8-1ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "librec1",
            "binary_version": "1.8-1ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "recutils",
            "binary_version": "1.8-1ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS / recutils

Package

Name
recutils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/recutils@1.8-1ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.8-1ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1

Affected versions

1.*

1.8-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "librec-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.8-1ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "librec1",
            "binary_version": "1.8-1ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "recutils",
            "binary_version": "1.8-1ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}