SB2018091866 - Fedora 27 update for libbson



SB2018091866 - Fedora 27 update for libbson

Published: September 18, 2018 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2018091866
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Buffer over-read (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16790)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to heap-based buffer over-read via a specially crafted bson buffer within the bson-iter.c file (libbson library). A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.