Red Hat Software Collections update for rh-nodejs8-nodejs

1) Out-of-bounds write

EUVDB-ID: #VU14498

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 7.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-12115

CWE-ID: CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds write

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds write condition in the Buffer component when used with UCS-2 encoding. A local attacker can cause a targeted system to stop functioning or execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

rh-nodejs8-nodejs (Red Hat package): before 8.11.4-1.el7

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:red_hat:rh-nodejs8-nodejs_redhat_package:*:*:*:*:*:red_hat_enterprise_linux:*:*

External links

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2949

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.