CVE-2017-5967

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 Medium 4
Description
The time subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.9.9, when CONFIG_TIMER_STATS is enabled, allows local users to discover real PID values (as distinguished from PID values inside a PID namespace) by reading the /proc/timer_list file, related to the print_timer function in kernel/time/timer_list.c and the __timer_stats_timer_set_start_info function in kernel/time/timer.c.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-5967
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2017-02-14T06:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-03-07T02:59:02
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-200 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 4.9.9
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 2.1
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • LOW
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.5
  • Impact Score
  • 1.4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=193921 Issue Tracking
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/?id=dfb4357da6ddbdf57d583ba64361c9d792b0e0b1 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96271
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5967
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5967
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:47:37 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 13:55:10 2017-02-14T06:59Z 2017-02-14T06:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 13:55:10 2017-03-07T02:59:02 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 13:55:10 Modified Vulnerability Status updated