SB2019040248 - Fedora EPEL 7 update for afflib
Published: April 2, 2019 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019040248
CSH Severity
Medium
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) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-8050)
CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation
CVSSv4: 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/E:U/U:Green
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 within the af_get_page() function in lib/afflib_pages.cpp. A remote attacker can pass a corrupted AFF image to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.