CVE-2018-6559

Published Oct 26, 2018

Last updated 4 days ago

Overview

Description
The Linux kernel, as used in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.10, allows local users to obtain names of files in which they would not normally be able to access via an overlayfs mount inside of a user namespace.
Source
security@ubuntu.com
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

Type
Primary
Base score
3.3
Impact score
1.4
Exploitability score
1.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Severity
LOW

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
2.1
Impact score
2.9
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

security@ubuntu.com
CWE-200
nvd@nist.gov
CWE-200

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations