PT-2018-18614 · Libyal+1 · Libevt+1

Published 2018-03-18 · Updated 2024-08-05 · CVE-2018-8754

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libevt versions prior to 2018-03-17

Description The issue concerns the libevt record values read event() function in libevt record values.c, which does not properly check for out-of-bounds values of user SID data size, strings size, or data size. The vendor has disputed this issue, as described in libyal/libevt issue 5 on GitHub.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2018-03-17, consider disabling the libevt record values read event() function until a patch is available or apply configuration changes to restrict the use of this function to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2021-1125

ALT-PU-2021-1145

CVE-2018-8754

DSA-4160-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Libevt

References · 12

• https://github.com/libyal/libevt/commit/9d2cc3ca0a1612a6b271abcacffc2e3eea42925e · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-8754 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8754 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-8754 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-8754 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-4160-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8754 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-8754 · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4160 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-8754 · Security Note
• https://github.com/libyal/libevt/commit/444ca3ce7853538c577e0ec3f6146d2d65780734 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/82891 · Telegram Post