Information Exposure Affecting kernel-uek-doc package, versions <0:4.1.12-61.1.6.el7uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (7th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-KERNELUEKDOC-2510656
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed8 Feb 2016

Introduced: 8 Feb 2016

CVE-2016-0723  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 kernel-uek-doc to version 0:4.1.12-61.1.6.el7uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2016-3596.

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:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Race condition in the tty_ioctl function in drivers/tty/tty_io.c in the Linux kernel through 4.4.1 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) by making a TIOCGETD ioctl call during processing of a TIOCSETD ioctl call.

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