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Rewterz Threat Advisory – CVE-2019-11114 – Intel Driver Support & Assistance – Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
May 16, 2019
Rewterz Threat Advisory – CVE-2019-1858 – Cisco Multiple Products FXOS / NX-OS SNMP Packet Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability
May 21, 2019
Rewterz Threat Advisory – CVE-2019-11114 – Intel Driver Support & Assistance – Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
May 16, 2019
Rewterz Threat Advisory – CVE-2019-1858 – Cisco Multiple Products FXOS / NX-OS SNMP Packet Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability
May 21, 2019
Severity
Medium
Analysis Summary
An error within the “intel_vgpu_mmap()” function (drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/kvmgt.c) can be exploited to corrupt memory and subsequently gain elevated privileges.
Impact
Privilege escalation
Affected Vendors
Linux
Affected Products
- Linux Kernel prior to 4.19.17
- Linux Kernel prior to 4.14.96
Remediation
Update to version 4.19.17 or later or 4.14.96 or later.