Resource Exhaustion Affecting kernel-uek-debug package, versions <0:2.6.39-400.304.1.el5uek
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE5-KERNELUEKDEBUG-2531619
- published 10 Apr 2022
- disclosed 13 Oct 2014
Introduced: 13 Oct 2014
CVE-2014-7970 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Oracle:5
kernel-uek-debug
to version 0:2.6.39-400.304.1.el5uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2018-4301
.
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 pivot_root implementation in fs/namespace.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17 does not properly interact with certain locations of a chroot directory, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (mount-tree loop) via . (dot) values in both arguments to the pivot_root system call.
References
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2014-7970.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2017-1842.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2017-1842-1.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1151095
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-fsdevel/msg79153.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/08/21
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70319
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030991
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0d0826019e529f21c84687521d03f60cd241ca7d
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61142
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2419-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2420-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60174
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2514-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2513-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96921
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842