CVE-2018-6485

Summary

CVECVE-2018-6485
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-02-01 14:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-08-24 17:37:00 UTC
DescriptionAn integer overflow in the implementation of the posix_memalign in memalign functions in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.26 and earlier could cause these functions to return a pointer to a heap area that is too small, potentially leading to heap corruption.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787 | CWE-190

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Glibc All All All All
Application Netapp Cloud Backup - All All All
Application Netapp Cloud Backup - All All All
Application Netapp Data Ontap Edge - All All All
Application Netapp Data Ontap Edge - All All All
Application Netapp Element Software - All All All
Application Netapp Element Software - All All All
Application Netapp Element Software Management - All All All
Application Netapp Element Software Management - All All All
Application Netapp Steelstore Cloud Integrated Storage - All All All
Application Netapp Steelstore Cloud Integrated Storage - All All All
Application Netapp Storage Replication Adapter All All All All
Application Netapp Storage Replication Adapter All All All All
Application Netapp Vasa Provider All All All All
Application Netapp Vasa Provider 6.x All All All
Application Netapp Vasa Provider All All All All
Application Netapp Vasa Provider 6.x All All All
Application Netapp Virtual Storage Console All All All All
Application Netapp Virtual Storage Console - All All All
Application Netapp Virtual Storage Console All All All All
Application Netapp Virtual Storage Console - All All All
Application Oracle Communications Session Border Controller 8.0.0 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Session Border Controller 8.1.0 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Session Border Controller 8.2.0 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Session Border Controller 8.0.0 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Session Border Controller 8.1.0 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Session Border Controller 8.2.0 All All All
Application Oracle Enterprise Communications Broker 3.0.0 All All All
Application Oracle Enterprise Communications Broker 3.1.0 All All All
Application Oracle Enterprise Communications Broker 3.0.0 All All All
Application Oracle Enterprise Communications Broker 3.1.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Application Redhat Virtualization Host 4.0 All All All
Application Redhat Virtualization Host 4.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
22343 – (CVE-2018-6485) Integer overflow in posix_memalign (CVE-2018-6485) CONFIRM sourceware.org Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
GNU C Library CVE-2018-6485 Multiple Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
February 2018 GNU C Library Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com Third Party Advisory
USN-4218-1: GNU C Library vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
#878159 - glibc: CVE-2018-6485: Integer overflow in posix_memalign - Debian Bug report logs CONFIRM bugs.debian.org Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
USN-4416-1: GNU C Library vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2019 MISC www.oracle.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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