Information Exposure Affecting python-perf package, versions <0:3.10.0-123.8.1.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-PYTHONPERF-2482889
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed5 Jun 2014

Introduced: 5 Jun 2014

CVE-2014-3917  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 python-perf to version 0:3.10.0-123.8.1.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2014-1281.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python-perf package and not the python-perf package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

kernel/auditsc.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.5, when CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL is enabled with certain syscall rules, allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive single-bit values from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (OOPS) via a large value of a syscall number.

CVSS Scores

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