CVE-2019-9162

Summary

CVECVE-2019-9162
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-02-25 23:29:00 UTC
Updated2022-04-05 20:46:00 UTC
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel before 4.20.12, net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_snmp_basic_main.c in the SNMP NAT module has insufficient ASN.1 length checks (aka an array index error), making out-of-bounds read and write operations possible, leading to an OOPS or local privilege escalation. This affects snmp_version and snmp_helper.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Hardware Netapp Cn1610 - All All All
Operating System Netapp Cn1610 Firmware - All All All
Application Netapp Element Software Management - All All All
Application Netapp Element Software Management - All All All
Application Netapp Hci Management Node - All All All
Application Netapp Snapprotect - All All All
Application Netapp Solidfire - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.20.12 MISC cdn.kernel.org Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
March 2019 Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MISC git.kernel.org Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Linux < 4.14.103 / < 4.19.25 - Out-of-Bounds Read and Write in SNMP NAT Module - Linux dos Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
netfilter: nf_nat_snmp_basic: add missing length checks in ASN.1 cbs · torvalds/linux@c4c07b4 · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
support.f5.com/csp/article/K31864522 CONFIRM support.f5.com
USN-3930-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
USN-3930-2: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
1776 - project-zero - Project Zero - Monorail MISC bugs.chromium.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Linux Kernel CVE-2019-9162 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.19.25 MISC cdn.kernel.org Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 377042 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for cloud-kernel (ALINUX2-SA-2019:0014)
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