PT-2019-8483 · Linux+1 · Linux Kernel+1

Published 2017-09-14 · Updated 2019-08-23 · CVE-2017-18549

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

Description An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel where there is potential exposure of kernel stack memory. This occurs because the aac send raw srb function does not initialize the reply structure, which could lead to information disclosure.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 4.13, update to version 4.13 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-2206

ALT-PU-2018-1991

CVE-2017-18549

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Linux Kernel

References · 10

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-18549 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-18549 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-18549 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18549 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-18549 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=342ffc26693b528648bdc9377e51e4f2450b4860 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-18549 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-18549 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1700077 · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/linus/342ffc26693b528648bdc9377e51e4f2450b4860 · Note