Improper Cross-boundary Removal of Sensitive Data Affecting kernel-doc package, versions *
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EPSS
0.04% (12th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELDOC-1944879
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 25 Jul 2015
Introduced: 25 Jul 2015
CVE-2015-5697 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for Centos:7
kernel-doc
.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-doc
package and not the kernel-doc
package as distributed by Centos
.
See How to fix?
for Centos:7
relevant fixed versions and status.
The get_bitmap_file function in drivers/md/md.c in the Linux kernel before 4.1.6 does not initialize a certain bitmap data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a GET_BITMAP_FILE ioctl call.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76066
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b6878d9e03043695dbf3fa1caa6dfc09db225b16
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1249011
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b6878d9e03043695dbf3fa1caa6dfc09db225b16
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.1.6
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5697
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3329
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163661.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163711.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/164137.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/164193.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/28/2
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033211
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00009.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2731-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2732-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2748-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2749-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2751-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2752-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2777-1
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