Information Exposure Affecting kernel-uek-devel package, versions <0:2.6.39-400.294.2.el5uek


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.51% (66th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE5-KERNELUEKDEVEL-2519085
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed23 May 2016

Introduced: 23 May 2016

CVE-2016-4485  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:5 kernel-uek-devel 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-devel package and not the kernel-uek-devel 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.

CVSS Base Scores

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