Improper Privilege Management Affecting kernel-uek-debug package, versions <0:2.6.39-400.264.13.el5uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE5-KERNELUEKDEBUG-2510022
  • published 10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed 2 Mar 2015

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:5 kernel-uek-debug to version 0:2.6.39-400.264.13.el5uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2016-3502.

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 Crypto API in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5 allows local users to load arbitrary kernel modules via a bind system call for an AF_ALG socket with a parenthesized module template expression in the salg_name field, as demonstrated by the vfat(aes) expression, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-7421.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

4 medium
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Red Hat

4 medium