Privilege escalation in Google Android - CVE-2017-13166

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Privilege escalation in Google Android - CVE-2017-13166

Published: February 1, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU10345
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-13166
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The weakness exists in the V4L2 video driver component of the Google Android kernel due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A local attacker can use a specially crafted application and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.

Affected software

Google Android
Debian Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power 9
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM System z (Structure A)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support
SUSE Linux

MRG Realtime
Oracle VM Server for x86
kernel (Red Hat package)
kernel-rt (Red Hat package)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
kernel-alt (Red Hat package)
Red Hat Virtualization Host
Traffix SDC

How to mitigate CVE-2017-13166

Install update from vendor's website.

kernel (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 3.10.0-693.25.2.el7, 3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-rt (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 3.10.0-693.25.2.rt56.612.el6rt, 3.10.0-862.rt56.804.el7
Traffix SDC - update to 5.1.0 CF 19
kernel-alt (Red Hat package) - update to 4.14.0-115.el7a

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