Name: CVE-2017-18550: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2019-08-19T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2017-18550, CWE-200, CVSS 5.5, EPSS 0.00428

An issue was discovered in drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13. There is potential exposure of kernel stack memory because aac_get_hba_info does not initialize the hbainfo structure.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.5
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade linux	Jul 30, 2024	Aug 19, 2019
Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5	—	Upgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade python-perfUpgrade perfUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel-tools-libsUpgrade kernel-headers	Feb 24, 2020	Aug 19, 2019
Redhat_linux	—	No solution exists	Jul 9, 2025	Aug 19, 2019
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade linux-hwe-edgeUpgrade linux-hweUpgrade linux-gcpUpgrade linux-azure	Nov 19, 2024	Aug 19, 2019

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CVSS Details

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