CVE-2019-12379medium
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Description
** DISPUTED ** An issue was discovered in con_insert_unipair in drivers/tty/vt/consolemap.c in the Linux kernel through 5.1.5. There is a memory leak in a certain case of an ENOMEM outcome of kmalloc. NOTE: This id is disputed as not being an issue.
References
Details
Source: MITRE
Published: 2019-05-28
Updated: 2020-08-24
Type: CWE-401
Risk Information
CVSS v2
Base Score: 4.9
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Impact Score: 6.9
Exploitability Score: 3.9
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS v3
Base Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 1.8
Severity: MEDIUM
Vulnerable Software
Configuration 1
OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to 5.1.5 (inclusive)
Tenable Plugins
| ID | Name | Product | Family | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 131845 | EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-2353) | Nessus | Huawei Local Security Checks | critical |
| 126176 | Photon OS 1.0: Linux PHSA-2019-1.0-0240 | Nessus | PhotonOS Local Security Checks | high |
| 126106 | Photon OS 2.0: Linux PHSA-2019-2.0-0165 | Nessus | PhotonOS Local Security Checks | critical |
| 125790 | Fedora 30 : kernel / kernel-headers (2019-f40bd7826f) | Nessus | Fedora Local Security Checks | high |
| 125746 | Fedora 29 : kernel / kernel-headers / kernel-tools (2019-7ec378191e) | Nessus | Fedora Local Security Checks | high |