SB2017012512 - Arch Linux update for ed
Published: January 25, 2017 Updated: May 3, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017012512
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5357)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
regex.c in GNU ed before 1.14.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed command, which triggers an invalid free.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.