Access Restriction Bypass Affecting kernel-uek-debug package, versions <0:2.6.32-400.36.13.el5uek
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE5-KERNELUEKDEBUG-2488061
- published 10 Apr 2022
- disclosed 28 Sep 2014
Introduced: 28 Sep 2014
CVE-2012-6657 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Oracle:5
kernel-uek-debug
to version 0:2.6.32-400.36.13.el5uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2014-3108
.
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 sock_setsockopt function in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 3.5.7 does not ensure that a keepalive action is associated with a stream socket, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by leveraging the ability to create a raw socket.
References
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2012-6657.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1997.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1141742
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=3e10986d1d698140747fcfc2761ec9cb64c1d582
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/15/8
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3e10986d1d698140747fcfc2761ec9cb64c1d582
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.5.7
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142722450701342&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142722544401658&w=2
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3e10986d1d698140747fcfc2761ec9cb64c1d582