Information disclosure in Linux kernel - CVE-2017-1000410

 

Information disclosure in Linux kernel - CVE-2017-1000410

Published: December 26, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU9774
CSH Severity: Low
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:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1000410
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The weakness exists due to a flaw when processing the incoming of L2CAP commands, ConfigRequest and ConfigResponse messages. A remote attacker can manipulate the code flows that precede the handling of the configuration messages and read important data.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-1000410

Install update from vendor's website.

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