SB2018032116 - Fedora 27 update for kernel
Published: March 21, 2018 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018032116
CSH 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 vulnerability.
1) Error handling (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-18232)
CWE-ID: CWE-388 - Error Handling
CVSSv4: 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
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in the Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) implementation due to mishandling of a mutex within libsas. A local attacker can trigger certain error-handling code and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.