PT-2017-13808 · Linux+2 · Linux Kernel+2

Published 2017-09-27 · Updated 2018-08-24 · CVE-2017-14991

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 4.13.4

Description The issue allows local users to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized kernel heap-memory locations. This is achieved via an SG GET REQUEST TABLE ioctl call for /dev/sg0, specifically through the sg ioctl function in drivers/scsi/sg.c.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 4.13.4, update to version 4.13.4 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-2337

ALT-PU-2018-1991

CVE-2017-14991

MGASA-2017-0381

MGASA-2017-0383

MGASA-2017-0384

MGASA-2017-0386

MGASA-2017-0387

MGASA-2017-0388

USN-3469-1

USN-3469-2

USN-3754-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Linux Kernel

Ubuntu

References · 110

• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3e0097499839e0fe3af380410eababe5a47c4cf9 · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1093 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2671 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-13094 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1092 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-10021 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16538 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16536 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3754-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12154 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-10877 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16537 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12153 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14991 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16535 · Vendor Advisory