Information Exposure Affecting kernel-xen-devel package, versions <0:2.6.18-92.1.6.0.2.el5


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE5-KERNELXENDEVEL-2448234
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed30 Jun 2008

Introduced: 30 Jun 2008

CVE-2008-2729  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:5 kernel-xen-devel to version 0:2.6.18-92.1.6.0.2.el5 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2008-0519.

NVD Description

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

arch/x86_64/lib/copy_user.S in the Linux kernel before 2.6.19 on some AMD64 systems does not erase destination memory locations after an exception during kernel memory copy, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information.

CVSS Scores

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