SB2019121033 - Ubuntu ESM update for GNU C
Published: December 10, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019121033
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6485)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.The weakness exists in the implementation of the posix_memalign in memalign functions due to integer overflow when causing these functions to return a pointer to a heap area that is too small. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and gain root privileges.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.