Information Exposure Affecting kernel-uek-doc package, versions <0:2.6.32-300.3.1.el5uek


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (27th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE5-KERNELUEKDOC-2462206
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed24 May 2012

Introduced: 24 May 2012

CVE-2011-2707  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:5 kernel-uek-doc to version 0:2.6.32-300.3.1.el5uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2011-2037.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-uek-doc package and not the kernel-uek-doc package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:5 relevant fixed versions and status.

The ptrace_setxregs function in arch/xtensa/kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1 does not validate user-space pointers, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory locations via a crafted PTRACE_SETXTREGS request.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1