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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2013-4312) (Multiple Advisories): kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2013-4312) (Multiple Advisories): kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
02/07/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/16/2016
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

The Linux kernel before 4.4.1 allows local users to bypass file-descriptor limits and cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by sending each descriptor over a UNIX socket before closing it, related to net/unix/af_unix.c and net/unix/garbage.c.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-dtrace-modules
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel
  • 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
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-mlnx_en
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-ofa

References

  • ELSA-2016-2574
  • DSA-3448
  • DSA-3503
  • USN-2908-1
  • USN-2908-2
  • USN-2908-3
  • USN-2908-4
  • USN-2908-5
  • USN-2929-1
  • USN-2929-2
  • USN-2931-1
  • USN-2932-1
  • USN-2967-1
  • USN-2967-2
  • CVE-2013-4312
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