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ELSA-2012-2047 Moderate: Oracle Linux Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

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ELSA-2012-2047 Moderate: Oracle Linux Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

Severity

CVSS

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

Published

12/21/2012

Created

07/25/2018

Added

12/24/2012

Modified

07/04/2017

Description

The tcp_illinois_info function in net/ipv4/tcp_illinois.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.19, when the net.ipv4.tcp_congestion_control illinois setting is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and OOPS) by reading TCP stats.

Solution(s)

oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-debug
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-debug-devel
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-devel
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-doc
oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-firmware

References

https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2012-2375
56346
56527
CVE - 2012-2375
CVE - 2012-4565
CVE - 2012-5517
RHSA-2012:1580
http://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2012-December/003175.html
http://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2012-December/003176.html

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