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Information Exposure Affecting kernel-tools-libs package, versions *

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.06% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELTOOLSLIBS-1327368
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 3 Aug 2018
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Introduced: 3 Aug 2018

CVE-2018-15594 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-200 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 kernel-tools-libs.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-tools-libs package and not the kernel-tools-libs package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c in the Linux kernel before 4.18.1 mishandles certain indirect calls, which makes it easier for attackers to conduct Spectre-v2 attacks against paravirtual guests.

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