Use of potentially dangerous function in openSUSE Leap - CVE-2018-1000166
Published: April 25, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU12156
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1000166
CWE-ID: CWE-676
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: SDB
Affected software:
openSUSE Leap
openSUSE Leap
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The weakness exists due to unsafe use of sprintf(). A remote attacker can execute arbitrary code.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
The weakness exists due to unsafe use of sprintf(). A remote attacker can execute arbitrary code.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-1000166
Install update from vendor's website.