Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201814779000
Revision Date:2018-08-15Version:1
Title:CVE-2018-14779 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - high.
Description:A buffer overflow issue was discovered in the Yubico-Piv 1.5.0 smartcard driver. The file lib/ykpiv.c contains the following code in the function `ykpiv_transfer_data()`: {% highlight c %} if(*out_len + recv_len - 2 > max_out) { fprintf(stderr, "Output buffer to small, wanted to write %lu, max was %lu.", *out_len + recv_len - 2, max_out); } if(out_data) { memcpy(out_data, data, recv_len - 2); out_data += recv_len - 2; *out_len += recv_len - 2; } {% endhighlight %} -- it is clearly checked whether the buffer is big enough to hold the data copied using `memcpy()`, but no error handling happens to avoid the `memcpy()` in such cases. This code path can be triggered with malicious data coming from a smartcard.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-14779
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) is installed.
  • AND The vulnerability of the 'yubico-piv-tool' package in bionic is not known (status: 'needs-triage'). It is pending evaluation.
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