SB2018052437 - Fedora 28 update for glibc
Published: May 24, 2018 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018052437
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11237)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.The weakness exists due to an AVX-512-optimized implementation of the mempcpy function may write data beyond the target buffer. A local attacker can trigger buffer overflow in __mempcpy_avx512_no_vzeroupper and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.