SB2018111221 - Fedora 29 update for bird
Published: November 12, 2018 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018111221
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-12066)
CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to an input validation error when processing BGP mask expressions in birdc. A local user can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.