8.4 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.6 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.002 Low
EPSS
Percentile
54.4%
Severity: Medium
Date : 2017-01-27
CVE-ID : CVE-2017-2583
Package : linux-lts
Type : privilege escalation
Remote : No
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-150
The package linux-lts before version 4.4.44-1 is vulnerable to
privilege escalation.
Upgrade to 4.4.44-1.
The problem has been fixed upstream in version 4.4.44.
None.
The Linux kernel > 3.6-rc1, when built with Kernel-based Virtual
Machine (CONFIG_KVM) support, is vulnerable to an incorrect segment
selector (SS) value error. It could occur loading values into SS
register in long mode.
A user/process inside a guest host could use this flaw to crash the
guest, resulting in denial of service, or potentially escalate their
privileges inside the guest system on an AMD processor.
A local attacker in a guest host is able to crash the system or
escalate privileges inside the guest on an AMD processor.
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q1/137
https://git.kernel.org/linus/33ab91103b3415e12457e3104f0e4517ce12d0f3
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-2583
8.4 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.6 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.002 Low
EPSS
Percentile
54.4%