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Information Exposure Affecting python3-perf package, versions *

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.06% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-PYTHON3PERF-1939620
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 24 Nov 2018
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Introduced: 24 Nov 2018

CVE-2018-16862 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-200 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:8 python3-perf.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python3-perf package and not the python3-perf package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A security flaw was found in the Linux kernel in a way that the cleancache subsystem clears an inode after the final file truncation (removal). The new file created with the same inode may contain leftover pages from cleancache and the old file data instead of the new one.