PT-2019-8985 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Published 2019-02-11 · Updated 2019-02-12 · CVE-2018-13893

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is caused by an out of bound mask range access. This occurs when using a possible old value of the msg mask table count while copying masks to userspace. The estimated number of potentially affected devices worldwide is not available. There is no information about real-world incidents where this issue was exploited.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-13893

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 2

• https://codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2019/01/07/january-2019-code-aurora-security-bulletin · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-13893 · Security Note