CVE-2018-1000097

Summary

CVECVE-2018-1000097
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-03-13 01:29:00 UTC
Updated2018-04-13 14:50:00 UTC
DescriptionSharutils sharutils (unshar command) version 4.15.2 contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Affected component on the file unshar.c at line 75, function looks_like_c_code. Failure to perform checking of the buffer containing input line. that can result in Could lead to code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via Victim have to run unshar command on a specially crafted file..

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 17.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 17.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Gnu Sharutils 4.15.2 All All All
Application Gnu Sharutils 4.15.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-3605-1: Sharutils vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Bugtraq: Sharutils 4.15.2 Heap-Buffer-Overflow BUGTRAQ seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4167-1 sharutils DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 901629 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for sharutils (6876)
  • 904503 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for sharutils (6876-1)

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