Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2019-6458 (CCN-155645)

Assigned:2019-01-16
Published:2019-01-16
Updated:2020-08-24
Summary:An issue was discovered in GNU Recutils 1.8. There is a memory leak in rec_buf_new in rec-buf.c when called from rec_parse_rset in rec-parser.c in librec.a.
CVSS v3 Severity:6.5 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
5.7 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
3.3 Low (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
2.9 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:4.3 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
1.7 Low (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Type:CWE-401
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2019-6458

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
gnurecutils-cve20196458-dos(155645)

Source: CCN
Type: GitHub Web site
Recutils

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/recutils

Source: CCN
Type: GNU Web site
GNU Recutils

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:gnu:recutils:1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:gnu:recutils:1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:com.ubuntu.disco:def:201964580000000
    V
    		CVE-2019-6458 on Ubuntu 19.04 (disco) - medium.
    2019-01-16
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20196458000
    V
    		CVE-2019-6458 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
    2019-01-16
    oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201964580000000
    V
    		CVE-2019-6458 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.
    2019-01-16
    oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:20196458000
    V
    		CVE-2019-6458 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.
    2019-01-16
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201964580000000
    V
    		CVE-2019-6458 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
    2019-01-16
    oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20196458000
    V
    		CVE-2019-6458 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.
    2019-01-16
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201964580000000
    V
    		CVE-2019-6458 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2019-01-16
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20196458000
    V
    		CVE-2019-6458 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2019-01-16
    BACK
    gnu recutils 1.8
    gnu recutils 1.8