Resource Exhaustion Affecting kernel-uek-debug package, versions <0:2.6.39-400.316.1.el5uek


Severity

high

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.27% (68th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE5-KERNELUEKDEBUG-2548079
  • published 10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed 17 Dec 2018

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:5 kernel-uek-debug to version 0:2.6.39-400.316.1.el5uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2019-4855.

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.

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.19.9. The USB subsystem mishandles size checks during the reading of an extra descriptor, related to __usb_get_extra_descriptor in drivers/usb/core/usb.c.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

6.8 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Physical
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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NVD

6.8 medium
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SUSE

6.3 medium
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Red Hat

6.4 medium