SB2018092507 - Red Hat update for kernel-alt
Published: September 25, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018092507
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) Memory corruption (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-18202)
CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption
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 mm/oom_kill.c source code in the __oom_reap_task_mm function due to boundary error. A local attacker can trigger memory corruption and cause the system to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.