CVE-2018-14619

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2018-14619  

A flaw was found in the crypto subsystem that allowed an attacker to crash the system or possibly escalate privileges with a specially crafted program.

A flaw was found in the crypto subsystem that allowed an attacker to crash the system or possibly escalate privileges with a specially crafted program.

Find out more about CVE-2018-14619 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

CVSS3 Base Score 6.2
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (kernel-alt) RHSA-2018:2948 2018-10-30

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 realtime-kernel Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 kernel Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 kernel Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel Not affected

Acknowledgements

This issue was discovered by Florian Weimer (Red Hat) and Ondrej Mosnacek (Red Hat).

External References