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Information Exposure Affecting kernel-devel package, versions <0:3.10.0-514.el7

Severity

 Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.14% (52nd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-KERNELDEVEL-5097827
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 16 Oct 2015
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Introduced: 16 Oct 2015

CVE-2015-8374 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-200 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel-devel to version 0:3.10.0-514.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2016:2574.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-devel package and not the kernel-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

fs/btrfs/inode.c in the Linux kernel before 4.3.3 mishandles compressed inline extents, which allows local users to obtain sensitive pre-truncation information from a file via a clone action.

References

CVSS Scores

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Red Hat

3.5 low
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    None