Out-of-Bounds Affecting kernel-uek-doc package, versions <0:2.6.32-300.3.1.el6uek


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE6-KERNELUEKDOC-2462793
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed27 Jan 2012

Introduced: 27 Jan 2012

CVE-2011-4330  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:6 kernel-uek-doc to version 0:2.6.32-300.3.1.el6uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2011-2037.

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:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

Stack-based buffer overflow in the hfs_mac2asc function in fs/hfs/trans.c in the Linux kernel 2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an HFS image with a crafted len field.

CVSS Scores

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