CVE-2018-14625

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-14625
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-09-10 13:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-13 04:51:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-416

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel - All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-3871-3: Linux kernel (AWS, GCP, KVM, OEM, Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
KASAN: use-after-free Read in vhost_transport_send_pkt MISC syzkaller.appspot.com Third Party Advisory
CVE-2018-14625 - Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
USN-3872-1: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
1619846 – (CVE-2018-14625) CVE-2018-14625 kernel: use-after-free Read in vhost_transport_send_pkt MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
USN-3871-5: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1771-1] linux-4.9 security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
1619846 – (CVE-2018-14625) CVE-2018-14625 kernel: use-after-free Read in vhost_transport_send_pkt CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
USN-3871-4: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
USN-3878-2: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
USN-3871-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
USN-3878-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
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