Information disclosure in Linux kernel - CVE-2017-14140
Published: February 26, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10718
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-14140
Update to version 4.12.9.