SB2018032101 - Denial of service in elfutils
Published: March 21, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018032101
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) Buffer over-read (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-8769)
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists in the ebl_dynamic_tag_name function due to buffer over-read. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.