CVEvulnerability

CVE-2019-5489

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2019-01-07 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2019-01-07
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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-319

Description

The mincore() implementation in mm/mincore.c in the Linux kernel through 4.19.13 allowed local attackers to observe page cache access patterns of other processes on the same system, potentially allowing sniffing of secret information. (Fixing this affects the output of the fincore program.) Limited remote exploitation may be possible, as demonstrated by latency differences in accessing public files from an Apache HTTP Server.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (<= 4.19.13) • netapp active iq performance analytics services • netapp element software management node

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-319 Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information weakness

References