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CVE-2018-14447

Published: 20 July 2018

trim_whitespace in lexer.l in libConfuse v3.2.1 has an out-of-bounds read.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that confuse performs an out-of-bounds read operation.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
confuse
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (3.2.1+dfsg-4ubuntu0.1)
cosmic Not vulnerable
(3.2.2+dfsg-1)
trusty
Released (2.7-5+deb8u1build0.14.04.1)
upstream
Released (2.7-5+deb8u1, 3.2.1+dfsg-5, 3.2.2+dfgs-1)
xenial
Released (2.7-5+deb8u1build0.16.04.1)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/martinh/libconfuse/commit/4337f34dc378f4e3a77b44ec0782bd9852ebcd8e

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H