CVE-2018-14348

Description

libcgroup up to and including 0.41 creates /var/log/cgred with mode 0666 regardless of the configured umask, leading to disclosure of information.

Category

8.1
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.57%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1100365 issue tracking third party advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3VH333EONOEEGKOLHHFXCJYHCYMHJ4KK/ vendor advisory
https://sourceforge.net/p/libcg/libcg/ci/0d88b73d189ea3440ccaab00418d6469f76fa590/ third party advisory patch
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-08/msg00023.html vendor advisory broken link
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00019.html third party advisory mailing list
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2047 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-14348?
CVE-2018-14348 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-14348?
To fix CVE-2018-14348, 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-2018-14348 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2018-14348 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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