CVE-2019-11190

Aliases:UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11190DEBIAN-CVE-2019-11190
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 14
Modified
Published: 11 Apr 2019, 23:06
Last modified:04 Aug 2024, 22:48

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
29/100
CVSS Score
4.7 MEDIUM
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.48% LOW
0% probability +0.47%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
2 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

11 Apr 2019, 23:06
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Aug 2024, 22:48
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The Linux kernel before 4.8 allows local users to bypass ASLR on setuid programs (such as /bin/su) because install_exec_creds() is called too late in load_elf_binary() in fs/binfmt_elf.c, and thus the ptrace_may_access() check has a race condition when reading /proc/pid/stat.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.7CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.7AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.48%• Percentile: 41%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-362•Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

    The product contains a concurrent code sequence that requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence operating concurrently.

Affected Systems

  • debian•linux

    < 4.8.5-1 | < 4.8.5-1 | < 4.8.5-1 | < 4.8.5-1

  • ubuntu•linux

    all | < 4.4.0-150.176

  • ubuntu•linux-aws

    < 4.4.0-1054.58 | < 4.4.0-1084.94

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-5.15

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-fips

    < 4.4.0-1011.14

  • ubuntu•linux-gke

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-intel-iot-realtime

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-kvm

    < 4.4.0-1047.53

  • ubuntu•linux-lts-xenial

    < 4.4.0-164.192~14.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-raspi-realtime

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-raspi2

    < 4.4.0-1110.118 | all

  • ubuntu•linux-realtime

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-riscv

    all | all

  • ubuntu•linux-snapdragon

    < 4.4.0-1114.119 | < 4.15.0-1053.57

  • linux•linux_kernel

    < 4.8

References (18)