[UNKNOWN] kernel:

CVE-2018-16862
MEDIUM 5.3

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.53 % · percentile 45 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
redhat
NVD status
Modified

Description

A security flaw was found in the Linux kernel in a way that the cleancache subsystem clears an inode after the final file truncation (removal). The new file created with the same inode may contain leftover pages from cleancache and the old file data instead of the new one.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-200 — Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.3CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:Nredhat
CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.3CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:NNVD · secalert@redhat.com (Secondary)
CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 2.0LOW 2.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:NNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
[UNKNOWN] · kernel:affected n/a

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD