CVE-2018-10879

CVSS V2 Medium 6.1 CVSS V3 High 7.8

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ext4 filesystem. A local user can cause a use-after-free in ext4_xattr_set_entry function and a denial of service or unspecified other impact may occur by renaming a file in a crafted ext4 filesystem image.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2018-10879

Assigner
secalert@redhat.com

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2018-07-26T18:29:00

Last Modified Date
2023-02-13T04:51:35

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-416	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version End
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::lts:::	1	OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04::::lts:::	1	OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04::::lts:::	1	OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	1	OR	4.17.6
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
COMPLETE

Base Score
6.1

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
8.5

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
7.8

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
1.8

Impact Score
5.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/928666/	Patch Third Party Advisory
http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/928667/	Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104902	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10879
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200001	Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1596806
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10879	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=513f86d73855ce556ea9522b6bfd79f87356dc3a	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5369a762c882c0b6e9599e4ebbb3a9ba9eee7e2d	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00020.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3753-1/	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3753-2/	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-1/	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-3/	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-4/	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-5/	Third Party Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10879
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-10879

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 17:06:47				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 10:33:03	2018-07-26T18:29Z	2018-07-26T18:29:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-03 10:33:03		2019-10-09T23:33:07	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-03 10:33:03		Modified	Vulnerability Status	updated
2023-02-02 17:07:49		2023-02-02T16:18:21	CVE Modified Date	updated
2023-02-02 17:07:53			References	updated
2023-02-13 05:10:08		2023-02-13T04:51:35	CVE Modified Date	updated