SB2019031115 - Division by zero in openjdk8 (Alpine package)



SB2019031115 - Division by zero in openjdk8 (Alpine package)

Published: March 11, 2019

Security Bulletin ID SB2019031115
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Division by zero (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11212)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition.

The weakness exists due to division by zero error within the libjpeg library within the libjpeg-turbo in alloc_sarray() function of jmemmgr.c file. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted file the to affected application and cause application to crash.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.