Access Restriction Bypass Affecting kernel-uek-debug package, versions <0:2.6.39-400.214.3.el5uek


Severity

high

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.12% (48th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE5-KERNELUEKDEBUG-2486103
  • published 10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed 9 Dec 2013

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:5 kernel-uek-debug to version 0:2.6.39-400.214.3.el5uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2014-3009.

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 Linux kernel before 3.12.2 does not properly use the get_dumpable function, which allows local users to bypass intended ptrace restrictions or obtain sensitive information from IA64 scratch registers via a crafted application, related to kernel/ptrace.c and arch/ia64/include/asm/processor.h.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

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

4.4 medium
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Red Hat

3.3 low