SB2019012913 - Denial of service in libdoc
Published: January 29, 2019 Updated: February 1, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019012913
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) Division by zero (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-7156)
CWE-ID: CWE-369 - Divide By Zero
CVSSv4: 6.9 [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]
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can trigger division by zero in ole.c:390 at libdoc master branch when using libdoc.a and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.