Information Exposure Affecting kernel-uek-debug package, versions <0:2.6.39-400.294.2.el5uek
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE5-KERNELUEKDEBUG-2518632
- published 10 Apr 2022
- disclosed 23 May 2016
Introduced: 23 May 2016
CVE-2016-4485 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Oracle:5
kernel-uek-debug
to version 0:2.6.39-400.294.2.el5uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2017-3516
.
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 llc_cmsg_rcv function in net/llc/af_llc.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.5 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading a message.
References
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2016-4485.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2017-3514.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2017-3515.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2017-3516.html
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/04/26
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b8670c09f37bdf2847cc44f36511a53afc6161fd
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b8670c09f37bdf2847cc44f36511a53afc6161fd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1333309
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2997-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2996-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3002-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3001-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3004-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2989-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3000-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2998-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3003-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3005-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3007-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3006-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90015
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html