SB2014100706 - Code Injection in Novell Opensuse



SB2014100706 - Code Injection in Novell Opensuse

Published: October 7, 2014 Updated: August 10, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2014100706
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Code Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-4043)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

The posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen function in glibc before 2.20 does not copy its path argument in accordance with the POSIX specification, which allows context-dependent attackers to trigger use-after-free vulnerabilities.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.