PT-2018-10624 · Linux+2 · Linux Kernel+2

Published 2018-05-17 · Updated 2019-03-27 · CVE-2018-11508

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 4.16.9

Description The issue allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory. This is achieved via the adjtimex function in the compat get timex function in kernel/compat.c.

Recommendations For versions prior to 4.16.9, update to version 4.16.9 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-1728

ALT-PU-2019-1433

CVE-2018-11508

USN-3695-1

USN-3695-2

USN-3697-1

USN-3697-2

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Linux Kernel

Ubuntu

References · 33

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/46208 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1574 · Exploit
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0a0b98734479aa5b3c671d5190e86273372cab95 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-11508 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1094 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1095 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-7755 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3695-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3695-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-11508 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-11508 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5750 · Vendor Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3697-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3697-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3695-2 · Vendor Advisory