Impact: Moderate Public Date: 2019-02-06 CWE: CWE-119 Bugzilla: 1683191: CVE-2019-9162 kernel: out-of-bounds read/write in et/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_snmp_basic_main.c in the SNMP NAT module In the Linux kernel before 4.20.12, net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_snmp_basic_main.c in the SNMP NAT module has insufficient ASN.1 length checks (aka an array index error), making out-of-bounds read and write operations possible, leading to an OOPS or local privilege escalation. This affects snmp_version and snmp_helper.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2019-9162 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 5.3 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | Low |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | Low |
| Integrity Impact | Low |
| Availability Impact | Low |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 | kernel-rt | Under investigation |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-alt | Under investigation |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel | Under investigation |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-rt | Under investigation |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kernel | Under investigation |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel | Under investigation |
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