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UBUNTU-CVE-2018-18439

DENX U-Boot through 2018.09-rc1 has a remotely exploitable buffer overflow via a malicious TFTP server because TFTP traffic is mishandled. Also, local...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

DENX U-Boot through 2018.09-rc1 has a remotely exploitable buffer overflow via a malicious TFTP server because TFTP traffic is mishandled. Also, local exploitation can occur via a crafted kernel image.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS u-boot

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]

References

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