CVE-2018-1000199 Information

Description

The Linux Kernel version 3.18 contains a dangerous feature vulnerability in modify_user_hw_breakpoint() that can result in crash and possibly memory corruption. This attack appear to be exploitable via local code execution and the ability to use ptrace. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in git commit f67b15037a7a50c57f72e69a6d59941ad90a0f0f.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00022.html http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040806 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1318 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1345 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1347 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1348 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1354 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1355 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1374 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00000.html https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/4/6/813 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3641-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3641-2/ https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4187 https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4188

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

5.5