CVE-2018-16597
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-09-21 16:00
Modified
2024-08-05 10:24
Severity ?
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.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-10/msg00033.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153702/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105394Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1106512Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c0ca3d70e8d3cf81e2255a217f7ca402f5ed0862Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/33
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190204-0001/Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://support.f5.com/csp/article/K22691834Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
n/an/a
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