gnulib: heap-based buffer overflow in convert_to_decimal function in vasnprintf.c
Published Oct 3, 2018
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.49%
Description
The convert_to_decimal function in vasnprintf.c in Gnulib before 2018-09-23 has a heap-based buffer overflow because memory is not allocated for a trailing '\0' character during %f processing.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Ceph Storage 2
parted
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
coreutils
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
libvirt
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
coreutils
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
libvirt
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
coreutils
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
libvirt
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
coreutils
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
libvirt
Not affected
Red Hat Storage 3
nagios-plugins
Fix deferred
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 2 | parted | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | coreutils | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | libvirt | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | coreutils | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | libvirt | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | coreutils | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | libvirt | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | coreutils | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | libvirt | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Storage 3 | nagios-plugins | Fix deferred | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
References (9)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17942 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1635896 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/coreutils/gnulib/commit/278b4175c9d7dd47c1a3071554aac02add3b3c35 x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A5UQRNQE6XHMD5UYYHAU3VQWAYHIPMQS/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TMGHTVYH3KAFN34QXNSGEQDSTV7MCOQW/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2018-09/msg00107.html x_refsource_MISCExploitMailing ListVendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17942
- https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=54686 x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-17942
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17942 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1635896 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/coreutils/gnulib/commit/278b4175c9d7dd47c1a3071554aac02add3b3c35 | x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A5UQRNQE6XHMD5UYYHAU3VQWAYHIPMQS/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TMGHTVYH3KAFN34QXNSGEQDSTV7MCOQW/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2018-09/msg00107.html | x_refsource_MISCExploitMailing ListVendor Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17942 | ||
| https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=54686 | x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-17942 |
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