CVE-2018-16597

CVSS V2 Medium 4.9 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.8. Incorrect access checking in overlayfs mounts could be used by local attackers to modify or truncate files in the underlying filesystem.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-16597
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2018-09-21T16:29:01
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-10-03T00:03:26
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-863 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/863.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 4.8
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_performance_analytics_services:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:element_software:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.9
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 6.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1106512 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c0ca3d70e8d3cf81e2255a217f7ca402f5ed0862 Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105394 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190204-0001/ Patch Third Party Advisory
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K22691834 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-10/msg00033.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/33
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153702/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16597
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16597
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:33:47 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 12:26:50 2018-09-21T16:29Z 2018-09-21T16:29:01 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 12:26:50 2019-10-03T00:03:26 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 12:26:50 Modified Vulnerability Status updated