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Numeric Errors Affecting kernel-uek-debug package, versions <0:2.6.39-400.250.9.el5uek

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE5-KERNELUEKDEBUG-2502497
  • published 10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed 3 Mar 2015
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Introduced: 3 Mar 2015

CVE-2014-9683 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-189 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:5 kernel-uek-debug to version 0:2.6.39-400.250.9.el5uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2015-3054.

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.

Off-by-one error in the ecryptfs_decode_from_filename function in fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c in the eCryptfs subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.18.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted filename.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

5.1 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)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    Low
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Red Hat

5.1 medium