{"id":"MGASA-2014-0460","summary":"Updated boinc-client packages fix security vulnerability","details":"Multiple stack overflow flaws were found in the way the XML parser of\nboinc-client, a Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC)\nclient for distributed computing, performed processing of certain XML files.\nA rogue BOINC server could provide a specially-crafted XML file that, when\nprocessed would lead to boinc-client executable crash (CVE-2013-2298).\n\nIssues preventing the boinc-client service from working immediately after\ninstallation have been fixed as well.\n","modified":"2026-04-16T06:26:31.622408980Z","published":"2014-11-21T12:44:16Z","upstream":["CVE-2013-2298"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0460.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12129"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/125125.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9108"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9109"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"boinc-client","ecosystem":"Mageia:3","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/boinc-client?arch=source&distro=mageia-3"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"7.2.42-1.2.mga3"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0460.json"}},{"package":{"name":"boinc-client","ecosystem":"Mageia:4","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/boinc-client?arch=source&distro=mageia-4"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"7.2.42-1.2.mga4"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0460.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}