What is CVE-2017-2618?

CVE-2017-2618 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10. CVE-2017-2618 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2017-2618?

CVE-2017-2618 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2017-2618?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2017-2618 patch availability.

Is CVE-2017-2618 actively exploited?

CVE-2017-2618 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2017-2618

Medium

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's handling of clearing SELinux attributes on /proc/pid/attr files before 4.9.10. An empty (null) write to this file can crash the system by causing the system to attempt to access unmapped kernel memory.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2018-07-27

Last modified 2024-11-21

CVSS version 3.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.0 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness type

CWE-193

CVE-2017-2618 is classified as CWE-193

See CWE-193 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

8 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=0c461cb727d146c9ef2d3e86214f498b78b7d125

Patch Vendor Advisory
Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2618

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
Marc
https://marc.info/?l=selinux&m=148588165923772&w=2

Patch Third Party Advisory
Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96272

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Red Hat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0931

Third Party Advisory

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2017-2618

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.0

Published 2018-07-27

Modified 2024-11-21

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-2618?

CVE-2017-2618 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . CVE-2017-2618 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2017-2618?

CVE-2017-2618 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.0). The vector string is CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2017-2618?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2017-2618 patch availability.
Is CVE-2017-2618 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2017-2618 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.