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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2018-8050): AFFLIB vulnerability

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2018-8050): AFFLIB vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/11/2018
Created
11/30/2023
Added
11/29/2023
Modified
11/29/2023

Description

The af_get_page() function in lib/afflib_pages.cpp in AFFLIB (aka AFFLIBv3) through 3.7.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a corrupt AFF image that triggers an unexpected pagesize value.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-afflib-tools
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libafflib0v5

References

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