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Echo: aspell: security update to 0.60.8.1-4+e1
medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 474770
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:- GNU Aspell 0.60.8.2 (first vulnerable version is not known) contains a heap-based buffer overflow write
(CWE-122) in its read-only dictionary loader. String::reserve() in common/string.hpp computes its capacity
check with a signed int ((int)s + 1), so a requested size of 0x7FFFFFFF wraps negative and the backing
buffer is never grown. ReadOnlyDict::load() in modules/speller/default/readonly_ws.cpp passes the
unvalidated 32-bit size fields from a .rws dictionary header into this path, so a crafted .rws file with a
valid endian marker (12345678) and an oversized length field (e.g. lang_name_size = 0x7FFFFFFF) causes
attacker-controlled data to be written out of bounds past an undersized heap allocation. An attacker who
induces a victim to load a malicious dictionary — for example via aspell dump master <file> — can corrupt
heap memory, resulting in denial of service and potentially code execution. Fixed in b830b6e and will be
fixed in release 0.60.8.3. (CVE-2026-103658)
Solution
Update the aspell library and its related packages to version 0.60.8.1-4+e1 or later.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 474770
Version: Revision 1.1
Type: Local
Family: Echo Local Security Checks
Published: 10/16/2026
Updated: 10/16/2026
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.8
Percentile: 58.01
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.6
Temporal Score: 3.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-103658
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.9
Temporal Score: 5.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/13/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/12/2026
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2026-103658