SB2018021333 - Denial of service in GNU patch
Published: February 13, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018021333
Severity
Low
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) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6951)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists in the intuit_diff_type function due to NULL pointer dereference. A remote attacker can cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.