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NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting perf package, versions <0:2.6.32-754.el6

Severity

 Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.5% (39th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE6-PERF-2523742
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed10 May 2018
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Introduced: 10 May 2018

CVE-2018-1130  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:6 perf to version 0:2.6.32-754.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2018-1854.

NVD Description

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

Linux kernel before version 4.16-rc7 is vulnerable to a null pointer dereference in dccp_write_xmit() function in net/dccp/output.c in that allows a local user to cause a denial of service by a number of certain crafted system calls.

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