Input validation error in FreeBSD - CVE-2018-6924
Published: September 12, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU14768
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6924
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: FreeBSD Foundation
Affected software:
FreeBSD
FreeBSD
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in ELF header parser. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted binary, trick the use into executing it and disclose kernel memory or crash the kernel.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-6924
Install updates from vendor's website.