Vulnerability CVE-2019-5489


Published: 2019-01-07

Description:
The mincore() implementation in mm/mincore.c in the Linux kernel through 4.19.13 allowed local attackers to observe page cache access patterns of other processes on the same system, potentially allowing sniffing of secret information. (Fixing this affects the output of the fincore program.) Limited remote exploitation may be possible, as demonstrated by latency differences in accessing public files from an Apache HTTP Server.

Type:

CWE-200

(Information Exposure)

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.1/10
2.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Netapp -> Active iq performance analytics services 
Netapp -> Element software management node 
Linux -> Linux kernel 

 References:
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=574823bfab82d9d8fa47f422778043fbb4b4f50e
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00071.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106478
https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.01161
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1120843
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/574823bfab82d9d8fa47f422778043fbb4b4f50e
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190307-0001/
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/01/05/boffins_beat_page_cache/

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