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nvd[email protected]NVD:CVE-2018-17972
HistoryOct 03, 2018 - 10:29 p.m.

CVE-2018-17972

2018-10-0322:29:00
CWE-362
web.nvd.nist.gov

4.9 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

5.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

6.2 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

10.1%

An issue was discovered in the proc_pid_stack function in fs/proc/base.c in the Linux kernel through 4.18.11. It does not ensure that only root may inspect the kernel stack of an arbitrary task, allowing a local attacker to exploit racy stack unwinding and leak kernel task stack contents.

Affected configurations

NVD
Node
linuxlinux_kernelRange4.18.11
Node
canonicalubuntu_linuxMatch12.04esm
OR
canonicalubuntu_linuxMatch14.04lts
OR
canonicalubuntu_linuxMatch16.04lts
OR
canonicalubuntu_linuxMatch18.04lts
OR
canonicalubuntu_linuxMatch18.10
Node
redhatenterprise_linux_desktopMatch7.0
OR
redhatenterprise_linux_serverMatch7.0
OR
redhatenterprise_linux_serverMatch7.6
OR
redhatenterprise_linux_server_ausMatch7.6
OR
redhatenterprise_linux_server_eusMatch7.6
OR
redhatenterprise_linux_server_tusMatch7.6
OR
redhatenterprise_linux_workstationMatch7.0
Node
debiandebian_linuxMatch8.0

4.9 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

5.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

6.2 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

10.1%