SB2018031239 - Fedora 27 update for afflib
Published: March 12, 2018 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018031239
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) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-8050)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within the af_get_page() function in lib/afflib_pages.cpp. A remote attacker can pass a corrupted AFF image to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.