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FreeBSD: VID-A67C122A-B693-11E8-AC58-A4BADB2F4699 (CVE-2018-6924): FreeBSD -- Improper ELF header parsing

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FreeBSD: VID-A67C122A-B693-11E8-AC58-A4BADB2F4699 (CVE-2018-6924): FreeBSD -- Improper ELF header parsing

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C)
Published
09/12/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
09/13/2018
Modified
05/07/2019

Description

In FreeBSD before 11.1-STABLE, 11.2-RELEASE-p3, 11.1-RELEASE-p14, 10.4-STABLE, and 10.4-RELEASE-p12, insufficient validation in the ELF header parser could allow a malicious ELF binary to cause a kernel crash or disclose kernel memory.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-base-10_4-release-p12
  • freebsd-upgrade-base-11_1-release-p14
  • freebsd-upgrade-base-11_2-release-p3

References

  • CVE-2018-6924

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