Out-of-bounds Write Affecting perf package, versions <0:2.6.32-431.17.1.el6


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.23% (62nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-PERF-1482329
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed27 Mar 2014

Introduced: 27 Mar 2014

CVE-2014-0077  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 perf to version 0:2.6.32-431.17.1.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2014:0475.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perf package and not the perf package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

drivers/vhost/net.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.10, when mergeable buffers are disabled, does not properly validate packet lengths, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and host OS crash) or possibly gain privileges on the host OS via crafted packets, related to the handle_rx and get_rx_bufs functions.

CVSS Scores

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