SB2022102074 - SUSE update for libostree
Published: October 20, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022102074
CSH Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Heap overflow in processing patch files (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9862)
CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:C/VI:C/VA:C/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to boundary error in FreeBSD bsdiff. A remote unauthenticated attacker can cause a heap overflow by creating a specially crafted patch file loaded by the target user via bspatch.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.