Heap-based buffer overflow in OpenBSD - #VU12885
Published: May 21, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU12885
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: OpenBSD
Affected software:
OpenBSD
OpenBSD
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information or cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to multiple heap-based buffer overflows in in perl. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and cause segmentation faults, crashes, and reading memory past the buffer.
The weakness exists due to multiple heap-based buffer overflows in in perl. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and cause segmentation faults, crashes, and reading memory past the buffer.
Remediation
Update to version 6.3.