Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:20193701000
Revision Date:2019-01-03Version:1
Title:CVE-2019-3701 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - negligible.
Description:An issue was discovered in can_can_gw_rcv in net/can/gw.c in the Linux kernel through 4.19.13. The CAN frame modification rules allow bitwise logical operations that can be also applied to the can_dlc field. The privileged user "root" with CAP_NET_ADMIN can create a CAN frame modification rule that makes the data length code a higher value than the available CAN frame data size. In combination with a configured checksum calculation where the result is stored relatively to the end of the data (e.g. cgw_csum_xor_rel) the tail of the skb (e.g. frag_list pointer in skb_shared_info) can be rewritten which finally can cause a system crash. Because of a missing check, the CAN drivers may write arbitrary content beyond the data registers in the CAN controller's I/O memory when processing can-gw manipulated outgoing frames. Muyu Yu discovered that the CAN implementation in the Linux kernel in some situations did not properly restrict the field size when processing outgoing frames. A local attacker with CAP_NET_ADMIN privileges could use this to execute arbitrary code.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2019-3701
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.10
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • The 'linux' package in cosmic is affected and needs fixing.
  • OR The 'linux-aws' package in cosmic is affected and needs fixing.
  • OR The 'linux-azure' package in cosmic is affected and needs fixing.
  • OR The 'linux-gcp' package in cosmic is affected and needs fixing.
  • OR The 'linux-kvm' package in cosmic is affected and needs fixing.
  • OR The 'linux-oem' package in cosmic is affected and needs fixing.
  • OR The 'linux-oracle' package in cosmic is affected and needs fixing.
  • OR The 'linux-raspi2' package in cosmic is affected and needs fixing.
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