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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2016-5244: Vulnerability in Kernel

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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2016-5244: Vulnerability in Kernel

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
06/27/2016
Created
03/19/2019
Added
10/19/2018
Modified
02/17/2022

Description

The rds_inc_info_copy function in net/rds/recv.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading an RDS message.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-consolidation-osnet-osnet-incorporation-11-4-11-4-1-0-1-4-0

References

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