CVE-2019-8980

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

21/02/2019

Last modified:

07/11/2023

Description

A memory leak in the kernel_read_file function in fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel through 4.20.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering vfs_read failures.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

7.50

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

7.80

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.7 (including)	4.9.163 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.14 (including)	4.14.106 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.19 (including)	4.19.28 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.20 (including)	4.20.15 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.0 (including)	5.0.1 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.1:rc1::::::
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::esm:::
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04::::esm:::
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04::::lts:::
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2019-8980

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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