CVE-2018-5345: Buffer Overflow
First published: Tue Dec 19 2017(Updated: )
A stack-based buffer overflow within GNOME gcab through 0.7.4 can be exploited by malicious attackers to cause a crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code via a crafted .cab file.
Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| redhat/gcab | <1.0 | 1.0 |
| ubuntu/gcab | <0.7-4ubuntu0.1 | 0.7-4ubuntu0.1 |
| ubuntu/gcab | <0.7-7 | 0.7-7 |
| ubuntu/gcab | <0.7-1ubuntu0.1 | 0.7-1ubuntu0.1 |
| debian/gcab | 1.4-3 1.5-1 1.6-1 | |
| Fedoraproject Fedora | ||
| GNOME gcab | <=0.7.4 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =16.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =17.10 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =9.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop | =7.0 | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | =7.0 | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | =7.4 | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | =7.6 | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | =7.4 | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | =7.5 | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | =7.6 | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | =7.4 | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | =7.6 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation | =7.0 |
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Reference Links
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-5345
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-5345
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1527296
- https://git.gnome.org//browse/gcab/tree/NEWS
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=887776
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0350
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3546-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4095
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2018-5345
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/gcab/commit/?id=bd2abee5f0a9b5cbe3a1ab1f338c4fb8f6ca797b
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1527062
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1528141
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/gcab/commit/?id=c512f6ff0c82a1139b36db2b28f93edc01c74b4b
- https://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/2018/01/23/gcab-and-cve-2018-5345/
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3546-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5345
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5345
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5345
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