VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-0493
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.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 2.46%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.46%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.2 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.46% probability · 84th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- eyrie/remctl · debian/debian linux
- Source
- security@debian.org
References
- https://git.eyrie.org/?p=kerberos/remctl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=86c7e44090c988112a37589d2c7a94029eb5e641
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4159Third Party Advisory
- https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/remctl/security/2018-04-01.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://git.eyrie.org/?p=kerberos/remctl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=86c7e44090c988112a37589d2c7a94029eb5e641
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4159Third Party Advisory
- https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/remctl/security/2018-04-01.htmlVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.