5.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2018-7757
SAS Expander Linux Kernel Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description

Memory leak in the sas_smp_get_phy_events function in drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via many read accesses to files in the /sys/class/sas_phy directory, as demonstrated by the /sys/class/sas_phy/phy-1:0:12/invalid_dword_count file.

INFO

Published Date :

March 8, 2018, 2:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 3, 2019, 12:03 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-7757 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Linux linux_kernel

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-7757 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-7757 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-399 CWE-772
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 31, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 13, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3698-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 04, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3698-2/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3697-2/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3697-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 24, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3656-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 23, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3654-2/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3654-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 04, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00000.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 03, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4188 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4187 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 28, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4a491b1ab11ca0556d2fda1ff1301e862a2d44c4 No Types Assigned http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4a491b1ab11ca0556d2fda1ff1301e862a2d44c4 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103348 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103348 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4a491b1ab11ca0556d2fda1ff1301e862a2d44c4 No Types Assigned https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4a491b1ab11ca0556d2fda1ff1301e862a2d44c4 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-399
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 4.15.7
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 14, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103348 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-7757 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-7757 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.04 }} 0.00%

score

0.08236

percentile

CVSS30 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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