Information Exposure Affecting kernel-uek-debug package, versions <0:2.6.32-400.36.8.el5uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE5-KERNELUEKDEBUG-2486937
  • published 10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed 5 Jun 2014

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:5 kernel-uek-debug to version 0:2.6.32-400.36.8.el5uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2014-3073.

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.

kernel/auditsc.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.5, when CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL is enabled with certain syscall rules, allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive single-bit values from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (OOPS) via a large value of a syscall number.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

4.4 medium
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Red Hat

5.7 medium