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| Risk | Low |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 2 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2017-7518 CVE-2017-7558 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-264 CWE-125 |
| Exploitation vector | Local |
| Public exploit | Public exploit code for vulnerability #2 is available. |
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Debian Linux Operating systems & Components / Operating system |
| Vendor | Debian |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
1) Privilege escalation
EUVDB-ID: #VU7206
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 7.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7518
CWE-ID:
CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows an local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the guest system.
The weakness exists due to debug exception error in syscall emulation. A attacker can gain system privileges.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in privilege escalation.
MitigationUpdate the affected package to version: 3.16.43-2+deb8u5, 4.9.30-2+deb9u5
Vulnerable software versionsDebian Linux: All versions
CPE2.3 External linkshttp://www.spinics.net/lists/kvm/msg151817.html
http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c8401dda2f0a00cd25c0af...
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
2) Out-of-bounds read
EUVDB-ID: #VU8008
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 5.2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:U/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7558
CWE-ID:
CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read
Exploit availability: Yes
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a local attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.
The weakness exists due to put-of-bounds read in the inet_diag_msg_sctpaddrs_fill(), inet_diag_msg_sctpladdrs_fill(), and sctp_get_sctp_info() functions in 'net/sctp/sctp_diag.c'. A local attacker can gain access to important data in portions of slab memory on the target system.
Update the affected package to version: 3.16.43-2+deb8u5, 4.9.30-2+deb9u5
Vulnerable software versionsDebian Linux: All versions
CPE2.3 External linkshttp://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=150348777122761&w=2
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.
