Out-of-Bounds Affecting kernel-bootwrapper package, versions <0:3.10.0-123.8.1.el7
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-KERNELBOOTWRAPPER-4492861
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 28 May 2014
Introduced: 28 May 2014
CVE-2014-3917 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel-bootwrapper to version 0:3.10.0-123.8.1.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2014:1281.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-bootwrapper package and not the kernel-bootwrapper package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL: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.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102571
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3917
- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1713179
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/29/5
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1143.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1281.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1281
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59777
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60011
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60564
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2334-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2335-1