Out-of-Bounds Affecting kernel-uek-devel package, versions <0:2.6.39-300.28.1.el6uek


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE6-KERNELUEKDEVEL-2475960
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed13 Feb 2013

Introduced: 13 Feb 2013

CVE-2013-0231  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:6 kernel-uek-devel to version 0:2.6.39-300.28.1.el6uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2013-2503.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-uek-devel package and not the kernel-uek-devel package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

The pciback_enable_msi function in the PCI backend driver (drivers/xen/pciback/conf_space_capability_msi.c) in Xen for the Linux kernel 2.6.18 and 3.8 allows guest OS users with PCI device access to cause a denial of service via a large number of kernel log messages. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

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