4.4
MEDIUM
CVE-2019-15031
IBM PowerPC Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Description

In the Linux kernel through 5.2.14 on the powerpc platform, a local user can read vector registers of other users' processes via an interrupt. To exploit the venerability, a local user starts a transaction (via the hardware transactional memory instruction tbegin) and then accesses vector registers. At some point, the vector registers will be corrupted with the values from a different local Linux process, because MSR_TM_ACTIVE is misused in arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 13, 2019, 1:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 21, 2021, 11:39 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

2.5

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-15031 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
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Redhat enterprise_linux
1 Opensuse leap
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2019-15031.

URL Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/10/4 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a8318c13e79badb92bc6640704a64cc022a6eb97 Exploit Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4135-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4135-2/ Third Party Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2019-15031 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-15031 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]

    Jul. 21, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-200 CWE-662
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 23, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/ No Types Assigned https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/4135-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/4135-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/4135-2/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/4135-2/ Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 04, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0001/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 28, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4135-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 25, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 24, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 18, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4135-2/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 16, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/10/4 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/10/4 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a8318c13e79badb92bc6640704a64cc022a6eb97 No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a8318c13e79badb92bc6640704a64cc022a6eb97 Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-200
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 5.2.14
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-2019-15031 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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

0.05635

percentile

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