CVE-2018-14625
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
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Description
A flaw was found in the Linux Kernel where an attacker may be able to have an uncontrolled read to kernel-memory from within a vm guest. A race condition between connect() and close() function may allow an attacker using the AF_VSOCK protocol to gather a 4 byte information leak or possibly intercept or corrupt AF_VSOCK messages destined to other clients.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-14625
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14625.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.19.9-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.19.9-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.19.9-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.19.9-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.19.9-1 |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.