SB2018031904 - Denial of service in Dell EMC NetWorker
Published: March 19, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018031904
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Partial DoS
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1218)
CWE-ID: CWE-120 - Buffer overflow
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to buffer overflow in the 'nsrd' daemon. A remote attacker can supply specially crafted messages, trigger memory corruption and cause a denial of service to the users of NetWorker systems.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.