Improper Privilege Management Affecting kernel-uek-debug package, versions <0:2.6.39-400.250.9.el5uek
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- published 10 Apr 2022
- disclosed 2 Mar 2015
Introduced: 2 Mar 2015
CVE-2015-0239 Open this link in a new tabHow 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.
The em_sysenter function in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5, when the guest OS lacks SYSENTER MSR initialization, allows guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges or cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) by triggering use of a 16-bit code segment for emulation of a SYSENTER instruction.
References
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2015-0239.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-1272.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-3053.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-3054.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-3055.html
- http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.commits.head/502245
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f3747379accba8e95d70cec0eae0582c8c182050
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f3747379accba8e95d70cec0eae0582c8c182050
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.18.5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/6
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1186448
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2518-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2515-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2516-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2517-1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72842
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2514-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2513-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3170
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:058
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1272.html
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f3747379accba8e95d70cec0eae0582c8c182050
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1272
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2152
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0239