Vulnerability CVE-2018-6485
Published: 2018-02-01

Description:
An 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.

Type:

CWE-190

 (Integer Overflow or Wraparound)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Redhat -> Virtualization host 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux desktop 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux workstation 
Oracle -> Communications session border controller 
Oracle -> Enterprise communications broker 
Netapp -> Cloud backup 
Netapp -> Data ontap edge 
Netapp -> Element software 
Netapp -> Element software management 
Netapp -> Steelstore cloud integrated storage 
Netapp -> Vasa provider 
Netapp -> Virtual storage console 
GNU -> Glibc 

 References:
http://bugs.debian.org/878159
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102912
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3092
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190404-0003/
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22343
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
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