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Oracle Linux: CVE-2017-1000251: ELSA-2017-3620: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

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Oracle Linux: CVE-2017-1000251: ELSA-2017-3620: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
09/12/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/13/2017
Modified
08/06/2024

Description

The native Bluetooth stack in the Linux Kernel (BlueZ), starting at the Linux kernel version 2.6.32 and up to and including 4.13.1, are vulnerable to a stack overflow vulnerability in the processing of L2CAP configuration responses resulting in Remote code execution in kernel space.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel

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