CVE-2018-0493

Publication date 3 April 2018

Last updated 26 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.2 · High

Score breakdown

Description

remctld in remctl before 3.14, when an attacker is authorized to execute a command that uses the sudo option, has a use-after-free that leads to a daemon crash, memory corruption, or arbitrary command execution.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
remctl 25.10 questing
Fixed 3.13-1+deb9u1
25.04 plucky
Fixed 3.13-1+deb9u1
24.10 oracular
Fixed 3.13-1+deb9u1
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 3.13-1+deb9u1
23.10 mantic
Fixed 3.13-1+deb9u1
23.04 lunar
Fixed 3.13-1+deb9u1
22.10 kinetic
Fixed 3.13-1+deb9u1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 3.13-1+deb9u1
21.10 impish
Fixed 3.13-1+deb9u1
21.04 hirsute
Fixed 3.13-1+deb9u1
20.10 groovy
Fixed 3.13-1+deb9u1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 3.13-1+deb9u1
19.10 eoan
Fixed 3.13-1+deb9u1
19.04 disco
Fixed 3.13-1+deb9u1
18.10 cosmic
Fixed 3.13-1+deb9u1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 3.13-1+deb9u1
17.10 artful
Fixed 3.13-1+deb9u1~build0.17.10.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Vulnerable
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.2 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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