CVE-2018-16597 (GCVE-0-2018-16597)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-09-21 16:00
Modified
2024-08-05 10:24
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.8. Incorrect access checking in overlayfs mounts could be used by local attackers to modify or truncate files in the underlying filesystem.
References
cve@mitre.org http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-10/msg00033.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153702/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105394 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1106512 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c0ca3d70e8d3cf81e2255a217f7ca402f5ed0862 Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/33
cve@mitre.org https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190204-0001/ Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K22691834 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-10/msg00033.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153702/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105394 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1106512 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c0ca3d70e8d3cf81e2255a217f7ca402f5ed0862 Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/33
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190204-0001/ Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K22691834 Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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