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CVE-2018-11508

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Date: May 28, 2018

The compat_get_timex function in kernel/compat.c in the Linux kernel before 4.16.9 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via adjtimex.

Language: C

Severity Score

5.5

Related Resources (14)

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-11508

Url: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0a0b98734479aa5b3c671d5190e86273372cab95

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/3695-1/

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/3695-2/

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104292

Url: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46208/

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/3697-2/

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/3697-1/

Url: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1574

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11508

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11508

Url: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.16.9

Url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0a0b98734479aa5b3c671d5190e86273372cab95

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2018-11508

Severity Score

5.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Information Leak / Disclosure

CWE-200

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version 4.16.9

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.5
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	2.1
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE
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