Name: CVE-2017-5550: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2017-5550, CWE-200, CVSS 5.5, EPSS 0.0008

Off-by-one error in the pipe_advance function in lib/iov_iter.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.5 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized heap-memory locations in opportunistic circumstances by reading from a pipe after an incorrect buffer-release decision.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 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	Feb 6, 2017
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade linux-image-4.10.0-27-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-4.10.0-27-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-4.10.0-27-genericUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-16.04	Jul 21, 2017	Feb 6, 2017

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CVSS Details

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