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Published: 2019-01-14

Risk	Low
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2018-11468 CVE-2018-12495
CWE-ID	CWE-125
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	Opensuse Operating systems & Components / Operating system
Vendor	SUSE

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU16960

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11468

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to heap-based buffer over-read in the __mkd_trim_line function in mkdio.c in libmarkdown.a. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service via a specially crafted file.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.

Vulnerable software versions

Opensuse: 15.0 - 42.3

CPE2.3

External links

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-01/msg00007.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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

2) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU16961