CVE-2018-11506

Description

The sr_do_ioctl function in drivers/scsi/sr_ioctl.c in the Linux kernel through 4.16.12 allows local users to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact because sense buffers have different sizes at the CDROM layer and the SCSI layer, as demonstrated by a CDROMREADMODE2 ioctl call.

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.08%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3752-2/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00015.html third party advisory mailing list
https://twitter.com/efrmv/status/1001574894273007616 third party advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3752-3/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00016.html third party advisory mailing list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00020.html third party advisory mailing list
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f7068114d45ec55996b9040e98111afa56e010fe patch
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f7068114d45ec55996b9040e98111afa56e010fe patch
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3752-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-11506?
CVE-2018-11506 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-11506?
To fix CVE-2018-11506, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-11506 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2018-11506 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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