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CVE-2018-16658

Public on 2018-09-07
Modified on 2020-06-03
Description

An information leak was discovered in the Linux kernel in cdrom_ioctl_drive_status() function in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c that could be used by local attackers to read kernel memory at certain location.

Severity
Low
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CVSS v3 Base Score
4.0
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 kernel 2018-10-03 02:57 ALAS-2018-1086
Amazon Linux 2 - Core kernel 2018-10-08 22:12 ALAS2-2018-1086

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 4.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD CVSSv2 3.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
NVD CVSSv3 6.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H