ZDI-CAN-9867: Canonical libgsm AssertFailure

ZDI-CAN-9867: Canonical libgsm AssertFailure

-- CVSS -----------------------------------------

0.0: AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:N

-- ABSTRACT -------------------------------------

Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative has identified a vulnerability affecting the following products:
Libgsm - libgsm

-- VULNERABILITY DETAILS ------------------------

Version tested: 1.0.18-2
Installer file: https://code.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libgsm
Platform tested: Ubuntu
Analysis
Please see attached documentation for full vulnerability details.

gsm: src/add.c:220: word gsm_div(word, word): Assertion `num >= 0 && denum >= num' failed.

-- CREDIT ---------------------------------------
This vulnerability was discovered by:
Lacne Jiang of Trend Micro

-- FURTHER DETAILS ------------------------------

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