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CVE-2018-1059 Detail

Current Description

The DPDK vhost-user interface does not check to verify that all the requested guest physical range is mapped and contiguous when performing Guest Physical Addresses to Host Virtual Addresses translations. This may lead to a malicious guest exposing vhost-user backend process memory. All versions before 18.02.1 are vulnerable.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  04/24/2018
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Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.1 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 4.0
Exploitability Score: 1.6

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

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 2.9 LOW
Vector: (AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 5.5

Access Vector (AV): Local_Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information

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Hyperlink Resource
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1267 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2038
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2102
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2524
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-1059 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1544298 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3642-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3642-2/ Third Party Advisory

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

  • Information Leak / Disclosure (CWE-200)

Change History

7 change records found - show changes

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-1059
NVD Published Date:
04/24/2018
NVD Last Modified:
08/21/2018