Risk | Low |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 2 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2017-11600 CVE-2018-3639 |
CWE-ID | CWE-125 CWE-362 |
Exploitation vector | Local |
Public exploit | N/A |
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kernel-rt (Red Hat package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time Operating systems & Components / Operating system Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV Operating systems & Components / Operating system |
Vendor |
Red Hat Inc. |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
EUVDB-ID: #VU8131
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-11600
CWE-ID:
CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c due to it does not ensure that the dir value of xfrm_userpolicy_id is XFRM_POLICY_MAX or less when CONFIG_XFRM_MIGRATE is enabled. A local attacker can submit a specially crafted XFRM_MSG_MIGRATE xfrm Netlink message and cause the service to crash.
Install update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionskernel-rt (Red Hat package): 3.10.0-229.1.2.rt56.141.2.el7_1 - 3.10.0-862.3.3.rt56.809.el7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time: 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV: 7
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External linkshttp://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2003
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU12911
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 4.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-3639
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a local attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.
The weakness exists due to race conditions in CPU cache processing. A local attacker can conduct a side-channel attack to exploit a flaw in the speculative execution of Load and Store instructions to read privileged memory.
Note: the vulnerability is referred to as "Spectre variant 4".
Install update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionskernel-rt (Red Hat package): 3.10.0-229.1.2.rt56.141.2.el7_1 - 3.10.0-862.3.3.rt56.809.el7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time: 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV: 7
:
External linkshttp://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2003
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.