CVE-2018-6559
LOW 3.3EPSS 0.5%
The Linux kernel, as used in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.10, allows local users to obtain names of files in which they would not normally be able to access via an overlayfs mount inside of a user namespace.
- Affected
- Canonical Ltd. · Linux kernel, as used in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.10
- CVSS v3.0 NVD
- 3.3 LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - EPSS
- 0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 44th percentile
- Published
- 2018-10-26
- Updated
- 2024-09-16
Proof-of-concept exploits (1)
Security advisories
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105752
- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2018-October/096172.html
- https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2018/CVE-2018-6559.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3832-1
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3833-1
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3835-1
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3836-1
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3836-2