SB2017090807 - Privilege escalation in NetBSD
Published: September 19, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017090807
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Race condition (CVE-ID: N/A)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges or cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists due to a missing check in the trap handler and the Linux compatibility layer. A local attacker can trigger race condition, cause the userland kernel space to panic and gain elevated privileges or cause the system to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.