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CVE-2019-8980
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
CVSSv3.1 Severity
Impact Analysis
Description
A memory leak in the kernel_read_file function in fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel through 4.20.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering vfs_read failures..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- High
- Base Score
- 7.8/10
- Exploit Score
- 10/10
- Access Vector
- Network
- Access Complexity
- Low
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 6.9/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- None
- Availability Impact
- Complete
- Integrity Impact
- None
CVSSv3.1 Score
- Severity
- High
- Base Score
- 7.5/10
- Exploit Score
- 3.9/10
- Access Vector
- Network
- Access Complexity
- Low
- Privileges Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 3.6/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- None
- Availability Impact
- High
- Integrity Impact
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- User Interaction
- None
Products Affected
CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
---|---|---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
4.14 | 4.14.106 | |
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
4.19 | 4.19.28 | |
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
4.20 | 4.20.15 | |
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
4.7 | 4.9.163 | |
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
5.0 | 5.0.1 | |
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107120
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3931-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3931-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-1/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00052.html
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K56480726
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00002.html
- https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel%40vger.kernel.org/msg1935705.html
- https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel%40vger.kernel.org/msg1935698.html