Information Exposure Affecting kernel-xen-devel package, versions <0:2.6.18-308.16.1.el5


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE5-KERNELXENDEVEL-2467209
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed3 Oct 2012

Introduced: 3 Oct 2012

CVE-2012-3430  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:5 kernel-xen-devel to version 0:2.6.18-308.16.1.el5 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2012-1323.

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 rds_recvmsg function in net/rds/recv.c in the Linux kernel before 3.0.44 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a (1) recvfrom or (2) recvmsg system call on an RDS socket.

CVSS Scores

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