VDB-111674 · CVE-2017-15537 · Nessus 104737

Google Android Kernel information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Google Android. This affects an unknown part of the component Kernel. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-15537. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (the affected version unknown). Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Kernel. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality.

The bug was discovered 10/17/2017. The weakness was shared 01/02/2018 as Pixel?/?Nexus Security Bulletin - January 2018 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). The advisory is available at source.android.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-15537 since 10/17/2017. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 104737 (Ubuntu 17.10 : linux, linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities (USN-3487-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 196961 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux, Linux-aws, Linux-gke, Linux-kvm, Linux-raspi2, Linux-snapdragon (USN-3469-1)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (104737). The entries VDB-102883, VDB-102882, VDB-107418 and VDB-107763 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

Smartphone Operating System

Vendor

Google

Name

Android

License

free

Website

Vendor: https://www.google.com/

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.3

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VulDB Temp Score: 3.2
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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Nessus ID: 104737
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 17.10 : linux, linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities (USN-3487-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 841810
OpenVAS Name: Ubuntu Update for linux-lts-xenial USN-3469-2
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Patch: git.kernel.org

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10/17/2017 🔍
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11/22/2017 +36 days 🔍
01/02/2018 +41 days 🔍
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01/11/2018 +9 days 🔍
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