Mageia 6: MGASA-2019-0150 Critical: gpsd Buffer Overflow Risk
mageia
April 10, 2019
A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in gpsd versions 2.90 to 3.17
Summary
A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in gpsd versions 2.90 to 3.17.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow remote code
execution, data exfiltration, or denial-of service via device crash
(CVE-2018-17937).
References
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24506
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/NPBGYNXS2TXDAYUNJV3HHJKVOBHP45B4/
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-17937
Topics Covered
Resolution
SRPMS
- 6/core/gpsd-3.16-2.2.mga6
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Publication date: 10 Apr 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0150.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2018-17937
Topics Covered
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