# CVE-2015-1783: The prefix variable in the get\_or\_define\_ns function in Lasso before commit 6d854cef4211cdcdbc7446c978f23ab859847cdd allows remote attackers

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-08-11 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The prefix variable in the get_or_define_ns function in Lasso before commit 6d854cef4211cdcdbc7446c978f23ab859847cdd allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access and application crash) via unspecified vectors.

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## References

- https://repos.entrouvert.org/lasso.git/commit/lasso/xml?id=6d854cef4211cdcdbc7446c978f23ab859847cdd
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154355.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155382.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154321.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1199925

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