Information Exposure Affecting kernel-uek-doc package, versions <0:4.1.12-124.25.1.el6uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.77% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE6-KERNELUEKDOC-2529692
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed22 May 2018

Introduced: 22 May 2018

CVE-2018-3639  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-203  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:6 kernel-uek-doc to version 0:4.1.12-124.25.1.el6uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2019-4531.

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.

Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and speculative execution of memory reads before the addresses of all prior memory writes are known may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access via a side-channel analysis, aka Speculative Store Bypass (SSB), Variant 4.

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