Ubuntu Orca memory corruption

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A vulnerability has been found in Ubuntu Orca and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-0644. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Ubuntu Orca (the affected version unknown). This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in Ubuntu14.04 ORCA (Online Receipt Computer Advantage) 4.8.0 (panda-client2) 1:1.4.9+p41-u4jma1 and earlier, Ubuntu14.04 ORCA (Online Receipt Computer Advantage) 5.0.0 (panda-client2) 1:2.0.0+p48-u4jma1 and earlier, and Ubuntu16.04 ORCA (Online Receipt Computer Advantage) 5.0.0 (panda-client2) 1:2.0.0+p48-u5jma1 and earlier allows authenticated attackers to cause denial-of-service (DoS) condition via unspecified vectors.

The bug was discovered 07/18/2018. The weakness was disclosed 09/07/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at jvn.jp. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-0644 since 11/26/2017. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. A simple authentication is necessary for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/21/2020).

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 51 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Ubuntu

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• Orca

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• open-source

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• Vendor: https://www.ubuntu.com/

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