OpenSUSE Linux update for the Linux Kernel



Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 7
CVE-ID CVE-2018-18281
CVE-2018-18386
CVE-2018-18690
CVE-2018-18710
CVE-2018-9516
CVE-2018-10940
CVE-2018-16658
CWE-ID CWE-284
CWE-843
CWE-20
CWE-200
CWE-787
CWE-125
Exploitation vector Local
Public exploit Public exploit code for vulnerability #3 is available.
Vulnerable software
 Opensuse
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

Vendor SUSE

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 7 vulnerabilities.

1) Improper access control

EUVDB-ID: #VU15643

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-18281

CWE-ID: CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to bypass certain security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to improper access restrictions to memory when performing TLB flushes after dropping pagetable locks with mremap() syscall, A local user can access a physical page of a stale TLB entry after ftruncate() syscall is called to remove entries from the pagetables of a task that is in the middle of mremap() syscall.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to gain access to sensitive information, stored in process memory.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.

Vulnerable software versions

Opensuse: 42.3

CPE2.3 External links

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-11/msg00028.html


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) Type confusion

EUVDB-ID: #VU15458

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-18386

CWE-ID: CWE-843 - Type confusion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a type confusion condition in the drivers/tty/n_tty.csource code file. A local attacker can deny use of any other pseudoterminal devices on a targeted system when the EXTPROC and ICANON flags become confused in the TIOCINQ command.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.

Vulnerable software versions

Opensuse: 42.3

CPE2.3 External links

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-11/msg00028.html


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.

3) Improper input validation

EUVDB-ID: #VU15584

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 5.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-18690

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of ATTR_REPLACE operations by the xfs_attr_shortform_addname function, as defined in the fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr.c source code file. A local attacker can access the system and execute an application that submits malicious input, trigger corruption of the Extended File System (XFS) and cause the service to crash.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.

Vulnerable software versions

Opensuse: 42.3

CPE2.3 External links

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-11/msg00028.html


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.

4) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU15670

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-18710

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists in the cdrom_ioctl_select_disc function, as defined in the drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c source code file due to boundary error when processing of user-supplied input. A local attacker can access the system, execute an application that submits malicious input to read arbitrary kernel memory on the system, which could be used to conduct additional attacks.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.

Vulnerable software versions

Opensuse: 42.3

CPE2.3 External links

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-11/msg00028.html


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.

5) Out-of-bounds write

EUVDB-ID: #VU15977

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 5.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-9516

CWE-ID: CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds write

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to out-of-bounds write in hid_debug_events_read of drivers/hid/hid-debug.c when a missing bounds check. A local attacker can trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.

Vulnerable software versions

Opensuse: 42.3

CPE2.3 External links

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-11/msg00028.html


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.

6) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU13363

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-10940

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists in the cdrom_ioctl_media_changed function due to incorrect bounds check in the CDROM driver CDROM_MEDIA_CHANGED IOCTL. A local attacker can execute a file or program that submits malicious input to the targeted system, trigger memory corruption and access sensitive kernel information, which could be used to conduct further attacks.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.

Vulnerable software versions

Opensuse: 42.3

CPE2.3 External links

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-11/msg00028.html


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.

7) Buffer over-read

EUVDB-ID: #VU15486

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16658

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in cdrom_ioctl_drive_status() function in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c. A local unprivileged user can create a specially crafted application, trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of kernel memory.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.

Vulnerable software versions

Opensuse: 42.3

CPE2.3 External links

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-11/msg00028.html


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.



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