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ELSA-2013-1034-1 Low: Oracle Linux kernel security and bug fix update

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ELSA-2013-1034-1 Low: Oracle Linux kernel security and bug fix update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
04/22/2013
Created
07/25/2018
Added
01/09/2014
Modified
06/21/2018

Description

net/tipc/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9-rc7 does not initialize a certain data structure and a certain length variable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call.

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

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