Use of Uninitialized Resource Affecting kernel-default-man package, versions <4.12.14-197.45.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (22nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-KERNELDEFAULTMAN-3254037
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed10 Jun 2020

Introduced: 10 Jun 2020

CVE-2020-10732  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-908  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 kernel-default-man to version 4.12.14-197.45.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-default-man package and not the kernel-default-man package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.1 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of Userspace core dumps. This flaw allows an attacker with a local account to crash a trivial program and exfiltrate private kernel data.

CVSS Scores

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