SB2019081911 - Information disclosure in Linux kernel
Published: August 19, 2019 Updated: September 4, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019081911
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-18549)
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists in the "drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c" file due to insufficient initialization of the reply structure by the "aac_send_raw_srb" function. A local authenticated user can access the system, execute an application that submits malicious input to the affected software and access sensitive stack memory information.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.