UBUNTU-CVE-2018-0493

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-0493
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-0493.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-0493
Upstream
Published
2018-04-03T07:29:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:46:43Z
Severity
  • 7.2 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / remctl

Package

Name
remctl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/remctl@3.10-1ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.9-2build1
3.10-1
3.10-1build1
3.10-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.10-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libnet-remctl-perl"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.10-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libremctl-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.10-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libremctl1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.10-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "python-remctl"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.10-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "remctl-client"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.10-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "remctl-server"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.10-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "ruby-remctl"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-0493.json"

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / remctl

Package

Name
remctl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/remctl@3.13-1+deb9u1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.13-1+deb9u1

Affected versions

3.*
3.13-1build3
3.13-1build4
3.13-1build5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.13-1+deb9u1",
            "binary_name": "libnet-remctl-perl"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.13-1+deb9u1",
            "binary_name": "libremctl-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.13-1+deb9u1",
            "binary_name": "libremctl1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.13-1+deb9u1",
            "binary_name": "php-remctl"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.13-1+deb9u1",
            "binary_name": "python-remctl"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.13-1+deb9u1",
            "binary_name": "remctl-client"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.13-1+deb9u1",
            "binary_name": "remctl-server"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.13-1+deb9u1",
            "binary_name": "ruby-remctl"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-0493.json"