1) Command injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU12743

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1:

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1111

CWE-ID: CWE-77 - Command injection

Exploit availability: Yes

Description

The vulnerability allows a physical attacker to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges on the target system.

The weakness exists in the NetworkManager integration script due to command injection. A physical attacker can return specially crafted data via dhcp and execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server: 7 - 7.5

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems: 7 - 7.5

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing: 7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node: 7.5

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM: 6.4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power: 7 - 9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 7

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CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:red_hat:red_hat_enterprise_linux_server:7.5:*:*:*:*:red_hat_enterprise_linux:*:*

External links

http://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1453

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?