SB2018012540 - Memory corruption in firefox-esr (Alpine package)
Published: January 25, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018012540
CSH 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 vulnerability.
1) Memory corruption (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5089)
CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The weakness exists due to boundary error when handling malicious input. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website, trigger mmeory corruption and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=9d0c4a60607987132bbda75257475a7542c35759
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=50d6c8f738e21e88d0ebbdf4007cde60d258d012
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=f21cbd7eaa510ec218e63fc43323ca9b101bdad6
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=26701b74f891400a545844d0ba4f616001b15944