CVE-2018-10767 Denial of service in n/a
A stack-based buffer over-read in libgxps allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted input.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2018-10767?
CVE-2018-10767 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Redhat Ansible Tower, published on 6 May 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
There is a stack-based buffer over-read in calling GLib in the function gxps_images_guess_content_type of gxps-images.c in libgxps through 0.3.0 because it does not reject negative return values from a g_input_stream_read call. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-10767?
It affects 5 products.
Products include Gnome Libgxps, Redhat Ansible Tower, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server, Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation.
How do I fix CVE-2018-10767?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2018-10767 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-10767 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Ansible Tower
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-10767, GHSA-fg6g-g2cv-hgpf, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-10767.