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CVE-2018-14625

Published: Sep 10, 2018

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.0

5.3

MEDIUM

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux Kernel where an attacker may be able to have an uncontrolled read to kernel-memory from within a vm guest. A race condition between connect() and close() function may allow an attacker using the AF_VSOCK protocol to gather a 4 byte information leak or possibly intercept or corrupt AF_VSOCK messages destined to other clients.

VendorProductVersions

[UNKNOWN]

kernel

affected
n/a

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-416

CVSS v3.0 Details

CVSS v3.0 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

High

References

USN-3872-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-3878-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-3871-5
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-3878-2
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-3871-4
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-3871-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-3871-3
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
RHSA-2019:2043
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2019:2029
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2019:4154
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT

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