Access Restriction Bypass Affecting kernel-uek-devel package, versions <0:3.8.13-68.1.3.el7uek


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-KERNELUEKDEVEL-2501796
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed8 May 2014

Introduced: 8 May 2014

CVE-2014-3215  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 kernel-uek-devel to version 0:3.8.13-68.1.3.el7uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2015-3032.

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:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

seunshare in policycoreutils 2.2.5 is owned by root with 4755 permissions, and executes programs in a way that changes the relationship between the setuid system call and the getresuid saved set-user-ID value, which makes it easier for local users to gain privileges by leveraging a program that mistakenly expected that it could permanently drop privileges.

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