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veracodeVeracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:16469
HistoryMay 02, 2019 - 5:18 a.m.

Denial Of Service (DoS)

2019-05-0205:18:16
Veracode Vulnerability Database
sca.analysiscenter.veracode.com
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4.9 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

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

kernel is vulnerable to denial of service. It was found that the Linux kernel’s keyring implementation would leak memory when adding a key to a keyring via the add_key() function. A local attacker could use this flaw to exhaust all available memory on the system.

References

4.9 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

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