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SUSE-SU-2018:3238-1 Not scored

Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 29 for SLE 12)

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.61-52_106 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2018-17182: The vmacache_flush_all function in mm/vmacache.c mishandled sequence number overflows. An attacker can trigger a use-after-free (and possibly gain privileges) via certain thread creation, map, unmap, invalidation, and dereference operations (bsc#1110233). - CVE-2018-14634: An unprivileged local user with access to SUID (or otherwise privileged) binary could use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system. Kernel versions 2.6.x, 3.10.x and 4.14.x are believed to be vulnerable (bsc#1108963). - CVE-2018-14633: A security flaw was found in the chap_server_compute_md5() function in the ISCSI target code in a way an authentication request from an ISCSI initiator is processed. An unauthenticated remote attacker can cause a stack buffer overflow and smash up to 17 bytes of the stack. The attack requires the iSCSI target to be enabled on the victim host. Depending on how the target's code was built (i.e. depending on a compiler, compile flags and hardware architecture) an attack may lead to a system crash and thus to a denial-of-service or possibly to a non-authorized access to data exported by an iSCSI target. Due to the nature of the flaw, privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out, although we believe it is highly unlikely. (bsc#1107832).

Exploit probability Not scored
Published October 18, 2018
Required by Not available
Last source change February 4, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_28
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_29
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_30
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_31
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_32
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_33
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_34
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_35
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_36
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_37

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities SUSE-SU-2018:3238-1

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.61-52_106 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2018-17182: The vmacache_flush_all function in mm/vmacache.c mishandled sequence number overflows. An attacker can trigger a use-after-free (and possibly gain privileges) via certain thread creation, map, unmap, invalidation, and dereference operations (bsc#1110233). - CVE-2018-14634: An unprivileged local user with access to SUID (or otherwise privileged) binary could use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system. Kernel versions 2.6.x, 3.10.x and 4.14.x are believed to be vulnerable (bsc#1108963). - CVE-2018-14633: A security flaw was found in the chap_server_compute_md5() function in the ISCSI target code in a way an authentication request from an ISCSI initiator is processed. An unauthenticated remote attacker can cause a stack buffer overflow and smash up to 17 bytes of the stack. The attack requires the iSCSI target to be enabled on the victim host. Depending on how the target's code was built (i.e. depending on a compiler, compile flags and hardware architecture) an attack may lead to a system crash and thus to a denial-of-service or possibly to a non-authorized access to data exported by an iSCSI target. Due to the nature of the flaw, privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out, although we believe it is highly unlikely. (bsc#1107832).

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence