CVE-2018-6555

HIGH

Description

The irda_setsockopt function in net/irda/af_irda.c and later in drivers/staging/irda/net/af_irda.c in the Linux kernel before 4.17 allows local users to cause a denial of service (ias_object use-after-free and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an AF_IRDA socket.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105304

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.html

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3775-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3775-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-3/

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308

https://www.spinics.net/lists/stable/msg255031.html

https://www.spinics.net/lists/stable/msg255035.html

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2018-09-04

Updated: 2019-10-09

Type: CWE-416

Risk Information

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Impact Score: 10

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: HIGH

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 7.8

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

Impact Score: 5.9

Exploitability Score: 1.8

Severity: HIGH

Vulnerable Software

Configuration 1

OR

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2

OR

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Tenable Plugins

View all (22 total)

IDNameProductFamilySeverity
124826EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1503)NessusHuawei Local Security Checks
critical
123329openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2019-769)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
121997Photon OS 2.0: Linux PHSA-2018-2.0-0101NessusPhotonOS Local Security Checks
high
120118SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:2980-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
119423Photon OS 2.0: Linux PHSA-2018-2.0-0101 (deprecated)NessusPhotonOS Local Security Checks
high
118322Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities (USN-3777-3) (Spectre)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
high
118034SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:3084-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
118033SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:3083-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
117988openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2018-1140)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
117908Debian DLA-1531-1 : linux-4.9 security updateNessusDebian Local Security Checks
high
117873Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : linux-hwe, linux-gcp vulnerabilities (USN-3777-2)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
high
117872Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp, linux-kvm, linux-oem, linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities (USN-3777-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
high
117871Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : linux-lts-xenial, linux-aws vulnerabilities (USN-3776-2)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
high
117870Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : linux, linux-aws, linux-kvm, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities (USN-3776-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
high
117869Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-3775-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
high
117862Debian DSA-4308-1 : linux - security updateNessusDebian Local Security Checks
high
117824SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:2908-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
117823SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:2907-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
117820SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:2879-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
117800SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:2858-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
117629SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:2776-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
117523openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2018-1016)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high