Information disclosure in Linux kernel - CVE-2017-18549
Published: September 4, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU20854
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-2017-18549
CWE-ID: CWE-200
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 user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists in the "drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c" file due to insufficient initialization of the reply structure by the "aac_send_raw_srb" function. A local authenticated user can access the system, execute an application that submits malicious input to the affected software and access sensitive stack memory information.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-18549
Install updates from vendor's website.