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CVSSv3

CVE-2018-7191

Published: 17/05/2019 Updated: 31/05/2019
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: 437
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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Vulnerability Summary

In the tun subsystem in the Linux kernel prior to 4.13.14, dev_get_valid_name is not called before register_netdevice. This allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) via an ioctl(TUNSETIFF) call with a dev name containing a / character. This is similar to CVE-2013-4343.

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Red Hat: Important: kernel security and bug fix update
Synopsis Important: kernel security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 76 Extended Update SupportRed Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important A Common Vulnerabili ...
Red Hat: Important: kernel security and bug fix update
Synopsis Important: kernel security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 77 Extended Update SupportRed Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important A Common Vulnerabili ...

References

CWE-476https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5c25f65fd1e42685f7ccd80e0621829c105785d9https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0ad646c81b2182f7fa67ec0c8c825e0ee165696dhttps://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5c25f65fd1e42685f7ccd80e0621829c105785d9https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0ad646c81b2182f7fa67ec0c8c825e0ee165696dhttps://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.14https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1748846https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1743792http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108380http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00071.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00039.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00048.htmlhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2851https://nvd.nist.gov
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