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CVE-2018-5995 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence

Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2018-5995

CVE-2018-5995

MEDIUM5.5

The pcpu_embed_first_chunk function in mm/percpu

Published Aug 7, 2018

Modified 1 years ago

Details

The pcpu_embed_first_chunk function in mm/percpu.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.14 allows local users to obtain sensitive address information by reading dmesg data from a "pages/cpu" printk call.

References

WEB

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105049

WEB

https://github.com/johnsonwangqize/cve-linux/blob/master/CVE-2018-5995.md

WEB

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00041.html

WEB

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00042.html

WEB

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00017.html

WEB

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/18

ADVISORY

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5995

ADVISORY

https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4497

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.0

5.5

Exploitability

Attack Vector

LocalAV:L

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

LowPR:L

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

HighC:H

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

NoneA:N

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

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Timeline

PublishedAug 7, 2018

ModifiedAug 5, 2024