Vulnerability CVE-2018-1000199
Published: 2018-05-24

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.

Type:

CWE-388

 (Error Handling)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.9/10
6.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Complete
Affected software
Redhat -> Enterprise linux 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux desktop 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server aus 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server eus 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server tus 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux workstation 
Linux -> Linux kernel 
Debian -> Debian linux 
Canonical -> Ubuntu linux 

 References:
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
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