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ELSA-2012-0480 Important: Oracle Linux kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

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ELSA-2012-0480 Important: Oracle Linux kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Published

06/16/2012

Created

07/25/2018

Added

06/16/2012

Modified

06/21/2018

Description

Double free vulnerability in the xfrm6_tunnel_rcv function in net/ipv6/xfrm6_tunnel.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22, when the xfrm6_tunnel module is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via crafted IPv6 packets.

Solution(s)

oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-debug
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-debug-devel
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-devel
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-doc
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-headers
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-pae
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-pae-devel
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-xen
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-xen-devel
oracle-linux-upgrade-ocfs2
oracle-linux-upgrade-oracleasm

References

https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2012-1583
53139
CVE - 2012-1583
Category I
V0033794
V0033884
2012-A-0148
2012-A-0153
RHSA-2012:0488
http://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2012-April/002768.html

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