ISOMAN

CVE

CVE-2018-6553

The CUPS AppArmor profile incorrectly confined the dnssd backend due to use of hard links. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to escape confinement. This flaw affects versions prior to 2.2.7-1ubuntu2.1 in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, prior to 2.2.4-7ubuntu3.1 in Ubuntu 17.10, prior to 2.1.3-4ubuntu0.5 in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and prior to 1.7.2-0ubuntu1.10 in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.8
Published
Modified
NVD detailAll CVEs

Linked Releases

DistributionReleaseStatusEvidence
Ubuntu18.04.6 amd64 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu18.04.6 amd64 live-serverunknownsource
Ubuntu16.04.7 amd64 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu16.04.6 i386 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu16.04.7 amd64 serverunknownsource
Ubuntu16.04.6 i386 serverunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 amd64 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 i386 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 amd64 serverunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 i386 serverunknownsource

References

  1. https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00014.html
  2. https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-08
  3. https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3713-1
  4. https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4243
  5. https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00014.html
  6. https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-08
  7. https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3713-1
  8. https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4243