Information Exposure Affecting kernel-kdump package, versions <0:2.6.18-426.el5
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
The probability is the direct output of the EPSS model, and conveys an overall sense of the threat of exploitation in the wild. The percentile measures the EPSS probability relative to all known EPSS scores. Note: This data is updated daily, relying on the latest available EPSS model version. Check out the EPSS documentation for more details.
92.6% (100th percentile)
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- published28 Apr 2025
- disclosed1 Jan 2017
Introduced: 1 Jan 2017
CVE-2017-5754 (opens in a new tab)Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) are common identifiers for publicly known security vulnerabilities
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) is a category system for software weaknesses
How to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:10 kernel-kdump to version 0:2.6.18-426.el5 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2018:0292.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-kdump package and not the kernel-kdump package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.
Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and indirect branch prediction may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access via a side-channel analysis of the data cache.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1519781
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- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0292
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- https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3522-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3523-2/
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