SB2015060107 - Fedora 21 update for less
Published: June 1, 2015 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2015060107
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9488)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
The is_utf8_well_formed function in GNU less before 475 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via malformed UTF-8 characters, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.