Resource Management Errors Affecting kernel-xen-devel package, versions <0:2.6.18-194.26.1.0.1.el5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE5-KERNELXENDEVEL-2453374
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed21 Sept 2010

Introduced: 21 Sep 2010

CVE-2010-3477  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:5 kernel-xen-devel to version 0:2.6.18-194.26.1.0.1.el5 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2010-0839.

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.

The tcf_act_police_dump function in net/sched/act_police.c in the actions implementation in the network queueing functionality in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc4 does not properly initialize certain structure members, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory via vectors involving a dump operation. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-2942.

CVSS Scores

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