High severity · published Sep 25, 2018
CVE-2018-14633
A security flaw was found in the chap_server_compute_md5() function in the ISCSI target code in the Linux kernel in a way an authentication request from an ISCSI initiator is…
7.0
CVSS
8.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A security flaw was found in the chap_server_compute_md5() function in the ISCSI target code in the Linux kernel 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. Kernel versions 4.18.x, 4.14.x and 3.10.x are believed to be vulnerable.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)8.7% · higher than 95% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
3.1 before 3.16.59; 3.17 before 3.18.124; 3.19 before 4.4.159; 4.5 before 4.9.130; 4.10 before 4.14.73; 4.15 before 4.18.11 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Eus · Redhat
7.4; 7.6 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Aus · Redhat
7.4; 7.6 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Tus · Redhat
7.4; 7.6 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Workstation · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
12.04; 14.04; 16.04; 18.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14633
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14633
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105388
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3651
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3666
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1946
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14633
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mkp/scsi.git/commit/?h=4.19/scsi-fixes&id=1816494330a83f2a064499d8ed2797045641f92c
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