CVE-2018-14348 Information disclosure in n/a
High 8.1
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-14348 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2018-14348 is a high-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 14 Aug 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-14348 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Debian Debian Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-14348/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-14348/index.md)
Local attackers can read sensitive data from the cgred log file because it is created with world-readable permissions regardless of umask settings.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2018-14348?
CVE-2018-14348 is a high-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 14 Aug 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
libcgroup up to and including 0.41 creates /var/log/cgred with mode 0666 regardless of the configured umask, leading to disclosure of information.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-14348?
It affects 3 products.
Linux distribution packages (31)
libcgroup Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:0.41-21.el7 |
libcgroup-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:0.41-21.el7 |
libcgroup-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:0.41-21.el7 |
libcgroup-pam Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:0.41-21.el7 |
libcgroup-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:0.41-21.el7 |
libcgroup Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | All versions | 0:0.41-21.el7 |
libcgroup-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | All versions | 0:0.41-21.el7 |
libcgroup-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | All versions | 0:0.41-21.el7 |
libcgroup-pam Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | All versions | 0:0.41-21.el7 |
libcgroup-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | All versions | 0:0.41-21.el7 |
libcgroup Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 0:0.41-21.el7 |
libcgroup-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 0:0.41-21.el7 |
libcgroup-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 0:0.41-21.el7 |
libcgroup-pam Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 0:0.41-21.el7 |
libcgroup-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 0:0.41-21.el7 |
libcgroup Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 0:0.41-21.el7 |
libcgroup-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 0:0.41-21.el7 |
libcgroup-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 0:0.41-21.el7 |
libcgroup-pam Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 0:0.41-21.el7 |
libcgroup-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 0:0.41-21.el7 |
libcgroup SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 | All versions | 0.41.rc1-10.3.1 |
libcgroup SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 | All versions | 0.41.rc1-10.9.1 |
libcgroup1 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 | All versions | 0.41.rc1-7.1 |
libcgroup SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 | All versions | 0.41.rc1-10.3.1 |
libcgroup SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 | All versions | 0.41.rc1-10.9.1 |
libcgroup1 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 | All versions | 0.41.rc1-7.1 |
libcgroup SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 | All versions | 0.41.rc1-10.3.1 |
libcgroup SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 | All versions | 0.41.rc1-10.9.1 |
libcgroup1 SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 | All versions | 0.41.rc1-7.1 |
libcgroup SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 | All versions | 0.41.rc1-10.3.1 |
libcgroup SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 | All versions | 0.41.rc1-10.9.1 |
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Libcgroup Project Libcgroup.
How do I fix CVE-2018-14348?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2018-14348 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-14348 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as AZL-6615, DEBIAN-CVE-2018-14348, DLA-1472-1, GHSA-pp2m-446r-52q7, MGASA-2018-0380, RHSA-2019:2047 and 5 more.