K62463634 : glibc vulnerability CVE-2018-6485

Security Advisory Description

An integer overflow in the implementation of the posix_memalign in memalign functions in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.26 and earlier could cause these functions to return a pointer to a heap area that is too small, potentially leading to heap corruption. (CVE-2018-6485)

Impact

Traffix SDC

A local attacker with access to the affected system can exploit this vulnerability and execute arbitrary code.

BIG-IP, BIG-IQ, Enterprise Manager, ARX, F5 iWorkflow, and LineRate

There is no impact; these F5 products are not affected by this vulnerability.