Upstream information

CVE-2018-14652 at MITRE

Description

A buffer overflow was found in strncpy of the pl_getxattr() function. An authenticated attacker could remotely overflow the buffer by sending a buffer of larger length than the size of the key resulting in remote denial of service.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 4
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 6.5
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1112945 [RESOLVED / INVALID]

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Oct 23 16:45:52 2018
CVE page last modified: Fri Feb 3 01:25:10 2023