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HistoryJan 25, 2017 - 12:00 a.m.

[ASA-201701-31] ed: denial of service

2017-01-2500:00:00
security.archlinux.org
6

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

5 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

0.007 Low

EPSS

Percentile

80.0%

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201701-31

Severity: Low
Date : 2017-01-25
CVE-ID : CVE-2017-5357
Package : ed
Type : denial of service
Remote : No
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-145

Summary

The package ed before version 1.14.1-1 is vulnerable to denial of
service.

Resolution

Upgrade to 1.14.1-1.

pacman -Syu “ed>=1.14.1-1”

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 1.14.1.

Workaround

None.

Description

A vulnerability was found in GNU ed. An invalid free might occur while
parsing specially crafted commands which will make the application
crash.

Impact

A local attacker is able to crash the application by providing
malicious input.

References

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ed/2017-01/msg00000.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/12/5
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-5357

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ArchLinuxanyanyed< 1.14.1-1UNKNOWN

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

5 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

0.007 Low

EPSS

Percentile

80.0%