SB2017021718 - Use-after-free in Fedoraproject Fedora
Published: February 17, 2017 Updated: August 8, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017021718
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 security 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.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/12/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/12/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/12/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/13/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95422
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZVH54XNZ77ICNBJTPI2DLJYQTA3SYSFC/
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ed/2017-01/msg00000.html