CVE-2018-19640

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Supportutils versions prior to 3.1-5.7.1

Description: The issue is related to insufficient input validation in the Supportutils package for SUSE Linux. An attacker who can create files in the directory used for collecting log files can potentially kill arbitrary processes on the local machine. This can lead to a denial of service.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 3.1-5.7.1, update to version 3.1-5.7.1 or later to resolve the issue.