CVE-2018-1068

Public on 2018-03-16
Modified on 2019-01-25
Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of 32-bit syscall interface for bridging. This allowed a privileged user to arbitrarily write to a limited range of kernel memory.

Severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
8.1
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 kernel 2018-05-25 18:12 ALAS-2018-1023
Amazon Linux 1 kernel 2018-03-16 16:17 ALAS-2018-971
Amazon Linux 2 - Core kernel 2018-04-19 04:50 ALAS2-2018-994
Amazon Linux 2 - Core kernel 2018-05-24 18:14 ALAS2-2018-1023
Amazon Linux 2 - Core kernel 2018-03-16 16:18 ALAS2-2018-971

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 8.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD CVSSv3 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H