Out-of-Bounds Affecting kernel-uek-debug package, versions <0:2.6.39-300.28.1.el5uek


Severity

0.0
medium
0
10

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.06% (27th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE5-KERNELUEKDEBUG-2478607
  • published 10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed 13 Feb 2013

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:5 kernel-uek-debug to version 0:2.6.39-300.28.1.el5uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2013-2503.

NVD Description

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

The pciback_enable_msi function in the PCI backend driver (drivers/xen/pciback/conf_space_capability_msi.c) in Xen for the Linux kernel 2.6.18 and 3.8 allows guest OS users with PCI device access to cause a denial of service via a large number of kernel log messages. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

6.2 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High
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NVD

6.2 medium
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Red Hat

5.2 medium