Improper Cross-boundary Removal of Sensitive Data Affecting kernel-headers package, versions <0:5.14.0-284.30.0.1.el9_2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-KERNELHEADERS-5903802
  • published16 Sept 2023
  • disclosed27 Mar 2023

Introduced: 27 Mar 2023

CVE-2023-1637  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-212  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 kernel-headers to version 0:5.14.0-284.30.0.1.el9_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2023-5069.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-headers package and not the kernel-headers package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw that boot CPU could be vulnerable for the speculative execution behavior kind of attacks in the Linux kernel X86 CPU Power management options functionality was found in the way user resuming CPU from suspend-to-RAM. A local user could use this flaw to potentially get unauthorized access to some memory of the CPU similar to the speculative execution behavior kind of attacks.

CVSS Scores

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