CVE-2018-1059
What it is
The DPDK vhost-user interface does not check to verify that all the requested guest physical range is mapped and contiguous when performing Guest Physical Addresses to Host Virtual Addresses translations. This may lead to a malicious guest exposing vhost-user backend process memory. All versions before 18.02.1 are vulnerable.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited from the same network segment without logging in. High risk of data exposure.
- Exploit odds
- 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.8% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 6.1 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: none linked yet, which raises it.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.8% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-200 · Information exposure
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux 17.10
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04
- Redhat Ceph Storage 3.0
- Redhat Enterprise Linux Fast Datapath 7.0
- Redhat Openshift 3.0
- Redhat Openstack 8
- Redhat Openstack 9
- Redhat Openstack 10
Attack profile CVSS 3.0 · 6.1
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
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References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1267
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2038
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2102
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2524
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-1059
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1544298
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3642-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3642-2/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1267
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2038
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2102
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2524
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-1059
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1544298
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3642-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3642-2/