Information Exposure Affecting kernel-headers package, versions <0:2.6.18-274.7.1.0.1.el5


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE5-KERNELHEADERS-2462479
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed21 Jun 2012

Introduced: 21 Jun 2012

CVE-2011-1160  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:5 kernel-headers to version 0:2.6.18-274.7.1.0.1.el5 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2011-1386.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-headers package and not the kernel-headers package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:5 relevant fixed versions and status.

The tpm_open function in drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not initialize a certain buffer, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory via unspecified vectors.

CVSS Scores

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