Information Exposure Affecting kernel-kdump package, versions <0:2.6.32-279.9.1.el6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-KERNELKDUMP-1446409
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed23 Jul 2012

Introduced: 23 Jul 2012

CVE-2012-3430  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 kernel-kdump to version 0:2.6.32-279.9.1.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2012:1304.

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:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

The rds_recvmsg function in net/rds/recv.c in the Linux kernel before 3.0.44 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a (1) recvfrom or (2) recvmsg system call on an RDS socket.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1