PT-2018-13636 · Linux+4 · Linux Kernel+4

Marcus Meissner · Published 2016-10-29 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2018-16597

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 4.8

Description An issue in the Linux kernel allows local attackers to modify or truncate files in the underlying filesystem due to incorrect access checking in overlayfs mounts.

Recommendations For versions prior to 4.8, update to version 4.8 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Incorrect Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-863

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-2218

ALT-PU-2017-1330

CESA-2016_2574

CVE-2018-16597

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_3202-1

RHSA-2016:2574

RHSA-2016_2574

SUSE-SU-2018:3003-1

SUSE-SU-2018:3004-1

SUSE-SU-2018:3659-1

SUSE-SU-2019:0095-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

Suse

References · 192

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:3004-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-16597 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16597 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-16597 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2019:0095-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1106512 · Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c0ca3d70e8d3cf81e2255a217f7ca402f5ed0862 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:3003-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16597 · Security Note
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190204-0001 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16597 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:3659-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16597 · Security Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-10/msg00033.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16597 · Vendor Advisory