FreeBSD Security Advisories
2018-Sep-12 05:43 UTC
FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-18:12.elf
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Security Advisory
The FreeBSD Project
Topic: Improper ELF header parsing
Category: core
Module: kernel
Announced: 2018-09-12
Credits: Thomas Barabosch, Fraunhofer FKIE; Mark Johnston
Affects: All supported versions of FreeBSD.
Corrected: 2018-09-12 05:02:11 UTC (stable/11, 11.1-STABLE)
2018-09-12 05:07:35 UTC (releng/11.2, 11.2-RELEASE-p3)
2018-09-12 05:07:35 UTC (releng/11.1, 11.1-RELEASE-p14)
2018-09-12 05:03:30 UTC (stable/10, 10.4-STABLE)
2018-09-12 05:07:35 UTC (releng/10.4, 10.4-RELEASE-p12)
CVE Name: CVE-2018-6924
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including descriptions of the fields above, security branches, and the
following sections, please visit <URL:https://security.FreeBSD.org/>.
I. Background
To execute a binary the kernel must parse the ELF header to determine the
entry point address, the program interpreter, and other parameters.
II. Problem Description
Insufficient validation was performed in the ELF header parser, and malformed
or otherwise invalid ELF binaries were not rejected as they should be.
III. Impact
Execution of a malicious ELF binary may result in a kernel crash or may
disclose kernel memory.
IV. Workaround
No workaround is available.
V. Solution
Upgrade your vulnerable system to a supported FreeBSD stable or
release / security branch (releng) dated after the correction date, and
reboot.
1) To update your vulnerable system via a binary patch:
Systems running a RELEASE version of FreeBSD on the i386 or amd64
platforms can be updated via the freebsd-update(8) utility:
# freebsd-update fetch
# freebsd-update install
# shutdown -r +30 "Rebooting for security update"
2) To update your vulnerable system via a source code patch:
The following patches have been verified to apply to the applicable
FreeBSD release branches.
a) Download the relevant patch from the location below, and verify the
detached PGP signature using your PGP utility.
# fetch https://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/SA-18:12/elf.patch
# fetch https://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/SA-18:12/elf.patch.asc
# gpg --verify elf.patch.asc
b) Apply the patch. Execute the following commands as root:
# cd /usr/src
# patch < /path/to/patch
c) Recompile your kernel as described in
<URL:https://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/kernelconfig.html> and reboot the
system.
VI. Correction details
The following list contains the correction revision numbers for each
affected branch.
Branch/path Revision
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stable/10/ r338605
releng/10.4/ r338606
stable/11/ r338604
releng/11.1/ r338606
releng/11.2/ r338606
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To see which files were modified by a particular revision, run the
following command, replacing NNNNNN with the revision number, on a
machine with Subversion installed:
# svn diff -cNNNNNN --summarize svn://svn.freebsd.org/base
Or visit the following URL, replacing NNNNNN with the revision number:
<URL:https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=NNNNNN>
VII. References
<URL:https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6924>
The latest revision of this advisory is available at
<URL:https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-18:12.elf.asc>
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