Out-of-bounds read in LibSass - CVE-2018-11698

 

Out-of-bounds read in LibSass - CVE-2018-11698

Published: May 29, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU76610
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11698
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in the function Sass::handle_error. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.


Affected software

LibSass
IBM Watson Machine Learning Accelerator
IBM Planning Analytics Workspace
IBM Security Verify Information Queue
IBM Edge Application Manager
IBM Watson Machine Learning on CP4D
QRadar User Behavior Analytics
IBM QRadar Data Synchronization App

How to mitigate CVE-2018-11698

Install updates from vendor's website.

LibSass - update to 3.5.5
IBM Planning Analytics Workspace - update to 2.0.93
IBM Watson Machine Learning on CP4D - update to 2.6.0
IBM QRadar Data Synchronization App - update to 3.2.1
QRadar User Behavior Analytics - update to 4.1.11
IBM Security Verify Information Queue - update to 10.0.0

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