SB2018030305 - SUSE Linux update for the Linux Kernel
Published: March 3, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018030305
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource management errors (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-18075)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists in crypto/pcrypt.c due to mishandling freeing instances. A local attacker can gain access to the AF_ALG-based AEAD interface (CONFIG_CRYPTO_USER_API_AEAD) and pcrypt (CONFIG_CRYPTO_PCRYPT), execute a crafted sequence of system calls and cause the service to crash (kfree of an incorrect pointer).
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.