CVE-2018-1108

Severity

43%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

48%

kernel drivers before version 4.17-rc1 are vulnerable to a weakness in the Linux kernel's implementation of random seed data. Programs, early in the boot sequence, could use the data allocated for the seed before it was sufficiently generated.

kernel drivers before version 4.17-rc1 are vulnerable to a weakness in the Linux kernel's implementation of random seed data. Programs, early in the boot sequence, could use the data allocated for the seed before it was sufficiently generated.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.9. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N).

Overview

First reported 6 years ago

2018-05-21 21:29:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-08-29 10:29:00

Affected Software

Linux Kernel

References

104055

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1108

Issue Tracking

USN-3718-1

USN-3718-2

USN-3752-1

USN-3752-2

USN-3752-3

DSA-4188

Third Party Advisory

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