Information disclosure in Linux kernel - CVE-2019-16714
Published: September 24, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU21314
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-16714
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to "tos" and "flags" fields are not initialized in "rds6_inc_info_copy" in the "net/rds/recv.c" file. A remote attacker can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information from kernel stack memory.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-16714
Install updates from vendor's website.