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CVE-2018-6592

Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

Published: Feb 19, 2018 | Modified: Oct 03, 2019
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.6 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6592
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/404.html

Unisys Stealth 3.3 Windows endpoints before 3.3.016.1 allow local users to gain access to Stealth-enabled devices by leveraging improper cleanup of memory used for negotiation key storage.

Weakness

The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Stealth Unisys 3.3 (including) 3.3.016.1 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

  • Use a language that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
  • For example, languages such as Java, Ruby, and Lisp perform automatic garbage collection that releases memory for objects that have been deallocated.

References

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