#VU10718 Information disclosure in Linux kernel - CVE-2017-14140

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#VU10718 Information disclosure in Linux kernel - CVE-2017-14140

Published: February 26, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU10718
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14140
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Software vendor:
Linux Foundation

Description

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.

The weakness exists in mm/migrate.c due to improper check of the effective UID. A local attacker can learn the memory layout of a setuid executable despite ASLR and expose sensitive information.


Remediation

Update to version 4.12.9.

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