Information Exposure Affecting kernel-uek-firmware package, versions <0:3.8.13-118.29.1.el6uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE6-KERNELUEKFIRMWARE-2530561
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed29 Oct 2018

Introduced: 29 Oct 2018

CVE-2018-18710  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:6 kernel-uek-firmware to version 0:3.8.13-118.29.1.el6uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2019-4316.

NVD Description

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

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 4.19. An information leak in cdrom_ioctl_select_disc in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c could be used by local attackers to read kernel memory because a cast from unsigned long to int interferes with bounds checking. This is similar to CVE-2018-10940 and CVE-2018-16658.