Information disclosure in Linux kernel - CVE-2017-0627

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Information disclosure in Linux kernel - CVE-2017-0627

Published: May 12, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU39007
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-0627
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

An information disclosure vulnerability in the kernel UVC driver could enable a local malicious application to access data outside of its permission levels. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10, Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-33300353.


Affected software

Linux kernel
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2017-0627

Install update from vendor's website.

linux (Ubuntu package) - update to 3.13.0-151.201

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