SB2019112043 - Integer overflow in libcaca (Alpine package)
Published: November 20, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019112043
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-20545)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
There is an illegal WRITE memory access at common-image.c (function load_image) in libcaca 0.99.beta19 for 4bpp data.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.