| Name | CVE-2018-0493 |
| Description | remctld in remctl before 3.14, when an attacker is authorized to execute a command that uses the sudo option, has a use-after-free that leads to a daemon crash, memory corruption, or arbitrary command execution. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-4159-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| remctl (PTS) | bullseye | 3.17-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 3.18-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 3.18-1.1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| remctl | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| remctl | source | jessie | (not affected) | | | |
| remctl | source | stretch | 3.13-1+deb9u1 | | DSA-4159-1 | |
| remctl | source | (unstable) | 3.14-1 | | | |
Notes
[jessie] - remctl <not-affected> (Affected code introduced in 3.12)
[wheezy] - remctl <not-affected> (Affected code introduced in 3.12)
https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/remctl/security/2018-04-01.html
https://git.eyrie.org/?p=kerberos/remctl.git;a=commitdiff;h=e2b34e086f199b39f8ea36dd621684003835d172