CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-6559
3.3 LOW
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-10-26
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 3.3 LOW — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Description
The Linux kernel, as used in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.10, allows local users to obtain names of files in which they would not normally be able to access via an overlayfs mount inside of a user namespace.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 18.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 18.10
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105752 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/1793458 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2018-October/096172.html Third Party Advisory
- https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2018/CVE-2018-6559.html Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3832-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3833-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3835-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3836-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3836-2/ Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105752 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/1793458 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2018-October/096172.html Third Party Advisory
- https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2018/CVE-2018-6559.html Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3832-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3833-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3835-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3836-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3836-2/ Third Party Advisory