PT-2018-17118 · Debian · Debian

Published 2018-02-16 · Updated 2019-11-06 · CVE-2018-5735

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Debian versions 9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u15 through 9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u18 Debian version 9.10.3.dfsg.P4-12.3+deb9u5 Debian version 9.11.5.P4+dfsg-5.1

Description: The issue leads to an assertion failure in validator.c at line 1858 due to the Debian backport of a fix. This problem may also affect other packages from different distributions that applied similar backports.

Recommendations: For Debian versions 9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u15 through 9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u18, consider applying an alternative fix to avoid assertion failure. For Debian version 9.10.3.dfsg.P4-12.3+deb9u5, apply a patch to resolve the issue in validator.c. For Debian version 9.11.5.P4+dfsg-5.1, update the package to a version that includes a corrected backport of the fix. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Assertion Failure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-617

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-5735

DLA-1285-1

USN-3574-1

Affected Products

Debian

References · 8

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-5735 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5735 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-5735 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3574-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5735 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5735 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5735 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-5735 · Vendor Advisory