Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20187755000
Revision Date:2018-03-08Version:1
Title:CVE-2018-7755 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - low.
Description:An issue was discovered in the fd_locked_ioctl function in drivers/block/floppy.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.7. The floppy driver will copy a kernel pointer to user memory in response to the FDGETPRM ioctl. An attacker can send the FDGETPRM ioctl and use the obtained kernel pointer to discover the location of kernel code and data and bypass kernel security protections such as KASLR. It was discovered that an information leak vulnerability existed in the floppy driver in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory).
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-7755
Platform(s):Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • The 'linux' package in trusty was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '3.13.0-153.203').
  • OR The 'linux-aws' package in trusty was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.4.0-1024.25').
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-azure' package in trusty is not affected (note: '4.15.0-1023.24~14.04.1').
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned').
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned').
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned').
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'end-of-life').
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'was needs-triage now end-of-life').
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'end-of-life').
  • OR The 'linux-lts-xenial' package in trusty was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.4.0-130.156~14.04.1').
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned').
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned').
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned').
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