CVE-2018-14348

Publication date 14 August 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

libcgroup up to and including 0.41 creates /var/log/cgred with mode 0666 regardless of the configured umask, leading to disclosure of information.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that libcgroup incorrectly handled log file permissions. An attacker could possibly use thise issue to obtain sensitive information.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libcgroup	23.04 lunar	Not affected
	22.10 kinetic	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	21.10 impish	Not affected
	21.04 hirsute	Not affected
	20.10 groovy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	19.10 eoan	Not affected
	19.04 disco	Ignored end of life
	18.10 cosmic	Ignored end of life
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 0.41-8ubuntu2+esm1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 0.41-7ubuntu1+esm1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 0.38-1ubuntu2+esm1

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.1 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-4845-1
libcgroup vulnerability
15 March 2021