Base-Files Project Base-Files vulnerabilities

1 known vulnerability affecting base-files_project/base-files.

Total CVEs

1

CISA KEV

0

Public exploits

0

Exploited in wild

0

Severity breakdown

HIGH1

Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2018-6557HIGHCVSS 7.0v10.1ubuntu2.22018-08-21

CVE-2018-6557 [HIGH] CWE-59 CVE-2018-6557: The MOTD update script in the base-files package in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS before 10.1ubuntu2.2, and Ubunt The MOTD update script in the base-files package in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS before 10.1ubuntu2.2, and Ubuntu 18.10 before 10.1ubuntu6 incorrectly handled temporary files. A local attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly escalate privileges if kernel symlink restrictions were disabled.