High severity7.2OSV Advisory· Published Apr 3, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

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.

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Affected products

Rra/RemctlOSV
Range: debian/1.10-1, debian/1.11-1, debian/1.12-1, …
Eyrie/Remctl
cpe:2.3:a:eyrie:remctl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <3.14
Debian/linux
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

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References

www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4159nvdThird Party Advisory
www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/remctl/security/2018-04-01.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
git.eyrie.orgnvd

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