Out-of-bounds Write Affecting kernel-uek-firmware package, versions <0:4.1.12-103.3.8.1.el7uek


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
0.93% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-KERNELUEKFIRMWARE-2522177
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed12 Sept 2017

Introduced: 12 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-1000251  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 kernel-uek-firmware to version 0:4.1.12-103.3.8.1.el7uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2017-3620.

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:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

The native Bluetooth stack in the Linux Kernel (BlueZ), starting at the Linux kernel version 2.6.32 and up to and including 4.13.1, are vulnerable to a stack overflow vulnerability in the processing of L2CAP configuration responses resulting in Remote code execution in kernel space.

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