CVE-2018-12422

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2018-05-16
CWE:
CWE-121
Bugzilla:
1592624: CVE-2018-12422 evolution-data-server: Unsafe use of strcat allows buffer overflow in addressbook/backends/ldap/e-book-backend-ldap.c

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

** DISPUTED ** addressbook/backends/ldap/e-book-backend-ldap.c in Evolution-Data-Server in GNOME Evolution through 3.29.2 might allow attackers to trigger a Buffer Overflow via a long query that is processed by the strcat function. NOTE: the software maintainer disputes this because "the code had computed the required string length first, and then allocated a large-enough buffer on the heap."

Find out more about CVE-2018-12422 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 5.6
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact Low

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 evolution-data-server Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 evolution-data-server Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 evolution-data-server Will not fix

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