CVE-2017-2618

Published Jul 27, 2018

Last updated 2 years ago

Overview

Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's handling of clearing SELinux attributes on /proc/pid/attr files before 4.9.10. An empty (null) write to this file can crash the system by causing the system to attempt to access unmapped kernel memory.
Source
secalert@redhat.com
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

Type
Primary
Base score
5.5
Impact score
3.6
Exploitability score
1.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity
MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
4.9
Impact score
6.9
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weaknesses

secalert@redhat.com
CWE-193
nvd@nist.gov
CWE-682

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