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CVE-2018-16597

Published: 21/09/2018 Updated: 03/10/2019
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.9 | Impact Score: 6.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
CVSS v3 Base Score: 5.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 1.8
VMScore: 436
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N
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Vulnerability Summary

An issue exists in the Linux kernel prior to 4.8. Incorrect access checking in overlayfs mounts could be used by local malicious users to modify or truncate files in the underlying filesystem.

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Red Hat: Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Synopsis Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important A Common Vulnerability Scoring S ...
Red Hat: CVE-2018-16597
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel where an incorrect access check in overlayfs mounts could be used by local attackers to modify or truncate files in the underlying filesystem ...

References

CWE-863https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1106512https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c0ca3d70e8d3cf81e2255a217f7ca402f5ed0862http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105394https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190204-0001/https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K22691834http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-10/msg00033.htmlhttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/33http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153702/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.htmlhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2574https://nvd.nist.govhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-16597
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