CVE-2018-1065 Information

Description

The netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.15.7 mishandles the case of a rule blob that contains a jump but lacks a user-defined chain which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) by leveraging the CAP_NET_RAW or CAP_NET_ADMIN capability related to arpt_do_table in net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c ipt_do_table in net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c and ip6t_do_table in net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=57ebd808a97d7c5b1e1afb937c2db22beba3c1f8 http://lists.openwall.net/netdev/2018/01/27/46 http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/870355/ http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040446 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1547824 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/57ebd808a97d7c5b1e1afb937c2db22beba3c1f8 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3654-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3654-2/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3656-1/ https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4188

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

4.7

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