Information Exposure Affecting acpica-unix package, versions <20180209-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.44% (37th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-ACPICAUNIX-271935
  • published25 Aug 2017
  • disclosed25 Aug 2017

Introduced: 25 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-13693  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 acpica-unix to version 20180209-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream acpica-unix package and not the acpica-unix package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

The acpi_ds_create_operands() function in drivers/acpi/acpica/dsutils.c in the Linux kernel through 4.12.9 does not flush the operand cache and causes a kernel stack dump, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory and bypass the KASLR protection mechanism (in the kernel through 4.9) via a crafted ACPI table.