SB2019012921 - Red Hat update for bind
Published: January 29, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019012921
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 overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5742)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to boundary error when handling malicious input. A remote unauthenticated attacker can supply specially crafted input, trigger memory corruption and assertion error when debug log level is 10 to cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.