CVE-2018-1108

medium

Description

kernel drivers before version 4.17-rc1 are vulnerable to a weakness in the Linux kernel's implementation of random seed data. Programs, early in the boot sequence, could use the data allocated for the seed before it was sufficiently generated.

References

Advisories

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4188

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3752-3/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3752-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3752-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3718-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3718-1/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/07/msg00000.html

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1108

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104055

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-05-21

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N