SB2018070921 - Buffer overflow in EOS
Published: July 9, 2018 Updated: August 8, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018070921
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 security vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1000618)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
EOSIO/eos eos version after commit f1545dd0ae2b77580c2236fdb70ae7138d2c7168 contains a stack overflow vulnerability in abi_serializer that can result in attack eos network node. This attack appear to be exploitable via network request. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in after commit cf7209e703e6d3f7a5413e0cb1fe88a4d8e4b38d .
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.