Resource Exhaustion Affecting kernel-uek-doc package, versions <0:2.6.39-400.304.1.el5uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE5-KERNELUEKDOC-2532678
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed13 Oct 2014

Introduced: 13 Oct 2014

CVE-2014-7970  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:5 kernel-uek-doc 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-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 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.

CVSS Scores

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