Use after free in remctl - CVE-2018-0493
Published: April 3, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU11478
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0493
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the target system.
The weakness exists in the remctld due to use after free when handling commands with the sudo configuration option. A remote attacker can execute arbitrary commands.
The weakness exists in the remctld due to use after free when handling commands with the sudo configuration option. A remote attacker can execute arbitrary commands.
Affected software
remctl
Debian Linux
Fedora
remctl
Debian Linux
Fedora
remctl
How to mitigate CVE-2018-0493
Update to version 3.14.
remctl - addressed in versions 3.14-1.el6, 3.14-1.el7, 3.14-1.fc27, 3.14-1.fc28