SB20240417105 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle Linux
Published: April 17, 2024 Updated: December 19, 2024
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 71 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-6546)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in the GSM 0710 tty multiplexor in the Linux kernel. A local user can exploit the race and gain unauthorized access to sensitive information and escalate privileges on the system.
2) Covert timing channel (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-5388)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform MitM attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient fix for #VU84108 (CVE-2023-4421). A remote attacker can perform Marvin attack and gain access to sensitive information.
3) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-51042)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the amdgpu_cs_wait_all_fences() function in drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_cs.c. A local user can trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
4) Integer underflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-0565)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to integer underflow within the receive_encrypted_standard() function in fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c in the SMB Client sub-component in the Linux Kernel. A remote attacker can trick the victim to connect to a malicious SMB server, trigger an integer underflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
5) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-42896)
The vulnerability allows an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the l2cap_connect() and l2cap_le_connect_req() function in net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c. An attacker with physical proximity to the affected device can trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.
6) OS Command Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-48624)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the close_altfile() function in filename.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim into using a specially crafted argument for the less command and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
7) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-6931)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the Linux kernel's Performance Events system component. A local user can trigger an out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
8) Improper Privilege Management (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-22017)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges.
The vulnerability exists due to setuid() does not affect libuv's internal io_uring operations if initialized before the call to setuid(). A local user can escalate privileges on the system.
9) Multiple Interpretations of UI Input (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-2611)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform clickjacking attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a missing delay on the pointer lock. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website and perform a clickjacking attack.
10) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-33631)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow when mounting a malicious filesystem. A local user can mount a specially crafted filesystem, trigger an integer overflow and execute arbitrary code.
11) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-31081)
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.
12) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-31080)
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the ProcXIGetSelectedEvents() function. A local user can trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and read system memory.
13) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-30156)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when handling HTTP/2 requests. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
14) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-1936)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to an error in Thunderbird when handling local cache. The encrypted subject of an email message could be incorrectly and permanently assigned to an arbitrary other email message in Thunderbird's local cache. Consequently, when replying to the contaminated email message, the user might accidentally leak the confidential subject to a third party.
15) Uncontrolled Recursion (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-50269)
The vulnerability allows a remote client to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to uncontrolled recursion when parsing HTTP requests. A remote client can send a specially crafted HTTP request with the a large X-Forwarded-For header, when the follow_x_forwarded_for feature is configured, and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
16) Security features bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-2610)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to an error when handling HTML code. A remote attacker with ability to inject HTML code into the page (e.g. using an XSS vulnerability) can obtain CSP nonce and bypass strict content security policies.
17) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-2612)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when processing HTML content. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website to trigger a particular code path in SafeRefPtr and execute arbitrary code on the system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
18) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-49285)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition when handling HTTP messages. A remote attacker can send specially crafted data to the server, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and crash the proxy server.
19) Inconsistency between implementation and documented design (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-21890)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of wildcards in --allow-fs-read and --allow-fs-write. A remote attacker can gain access to sensitive information.
20) SQL injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-1597)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries in database.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data when using the "PreferQueryMode=SIMPLE" option. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to the affected application and execute arbitrary SQL commands within the application database.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to read, delete, modify data in database and gain complete control over the affected application.
21) Improper Initialization (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-0340)
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to improper initialization within the vhost_new_msg() function in drivers/vhost/vhost.c in the Linux kernel vhost driver. A local user can run a specially crafted application to gain access to sensitive kernel information.
22) External control of file name or path (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-38546)
The vulnerability allows an attacker to inject arbitrary cookies into request.
The vulnerability exists due to the way cookies are handled by libcurl. If a transfer has cookies enabled when the handle is duplicated, the
cookie-enable state is also cloned - but without cloning the actual
cookies. If the source handle did not read any cookies from a specific
file on disk, the cloned version of the handle would instead store the
file name as none (using the four ASCII letters, no quotes).
none - if such a file exists and is readable in the current directory of the program using libcurl. 23) Expected behavior violation (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-28322)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a logic error when sending HTTP POST and PUT requests using the same handle. The libcurl can erroneously use the read callback (CURLOPT_READFUNCTION) to ask for data to send, even when the CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS option has been set, if the same handle previously was used to issue a PUT request which used that callback. As a result, the application can misbehave and either send off the wrong data or use memory after free or similar in the second transfer.
24) Processor optimization removal or modification of security-critical code (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-2201)
The vulnerability allows a malicious guest to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to native branch history injection on x86 systems. A malicious guest can infer the contents of arbitrary host memory, including memory assigned to other guests and compromise the affected system.
25) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26602)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper resource management in kernel/sched/membarrier.c. A local user can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
26) Incorrect Regular Expression (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-36617)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation when parsing URL. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted URL to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDos) attack.
Note, the vulnerability exists due to incomplete fix for #VU74004 (CVE-2023-28755).
27) Covert Timing Channel (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-46809)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform Marvin attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a covert timing channel in the privateDecrypt() API of the crypto library. A remote attacker can perform a covert timing side-channel during PKCS#1 v1.5 padding error handling and decrypt captured RSA ciphertexts or forge signatures, especially in scenarios involving API endpoints processing Json Web Encryption messages.
28) Incorrect Regular Expression (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-28756)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation when processing strings that have specific characters. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDos) attack.
29) Incorrect Regular Expression (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-28755)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation when processing URLs. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted URL to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDos) attack.
30) Cryptographic issues (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-28834)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform MitM attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a side-channel attack when using the gnutls_privkey_sign_data2 API function with the "GNUTLS_PRIVKEY_FLAG_REPRODUCIBLE" flag. A remote attacker can launch Minerva attack and gain access to sensitive information.
31) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-46218)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to an error in curl that allows a malicious HTTP server to set "super cookies" that are then passed back to more origins than what is otherwise allowed or possible. A remote attacker can force curl to send such cookie to different and unrelated sites and domains.
32) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-38096)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in vmwgfx driver in drivers/gpu/vmxgfx/vmxgfx_execbuf.c in GPU component of Linux kernel with device file '/dev/dri/renderD128 (or Dxxx)'. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
33) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-38409)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the set_con2fb_map() function in drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c. A local user can trigger memory corruption and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
34) Observable discrepancy (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-0914)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a timing side-channel attack.
The vulnerability exists due to observable discrepancy when processing RSA PKCS#1 v1.5 padded ciphertexts. A remote attacker can perform unauthorized RSA ciphertext decryption or signing, even without access to the corresponding private key.
35) Unchecked Return Value (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-49286)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect check of function return value in Helper process management. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the proxy server and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
36) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-46728)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in Gopher gateway. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the server and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
37) Code Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-29944)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation. A remote attacker can send trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website, inject an event handler into a privileged object and execute arbitrary JavaScript on the system within the parent process.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow remote code execution.
38) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-21891)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and read arbitrary files on the system.
39) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-6040)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the nf_tables_newtable() function in netfilter nf_tables. A local user can trigger an out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
40) Incorrect default permissions (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-23301)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to software creates a world-readable initrd when using GRUB_RESCUE=y. A local user with access to the system can gain access to system secrets otherwise only readable by root.
41) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-1086)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the netfilter nf_tables component in Linux kernel. A local user can trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.
42) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-4921)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in the qfq_dequeue() function within the the Linux kernel's net/sched: sch_qfq component. A local user can trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
43) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-31083)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the ProcRenderAddGlyphs() function. A local user can trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
44) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-21896)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences in Buffer.prototype.utf8Write. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and read arbitrary files on the system.
45) Missing authorization (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-1488)
The vulnerability allows a local user to bypass implemented security restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to missing authorization in the unbound.service that listens on localhost on port 8953. A local user can send a specially crafted request and alter the server configuration.
46) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-4408)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when parsing DNS messages. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
47) Improper handling of exceptional conditions (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-21892)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to the way certain environment variables are handled by Node.js on Linux. A local user can use a specially crafted environment variable to escalate privileges on the system.
48) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-25617)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of HTTP headers. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the server and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability requires that the request_header_max_size or reply_header_max_size settings are
unchanged from the default.
49) Uncontrolled recursion (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-25111)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to an uncontrolled recursion within the HTTP Chunked decoder when handling HTTP requests. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted chunked encoded HTTP Message to the proxy server and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
50) HTTP response splitting (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-33621)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform HTTP splitting attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to software does not corrector process CRLF character sequences when handling cookies. A remote attacker can send specially crafted request containing CRLF sequence and make the application to send a split HTTP response.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker perform cache poisoning attack.
51) Security features bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-6186)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of hyperlinks within the document. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted hyperlink, trick the victim into clicking on the link inside the document and execute arbitrary macro without a warning, resulting in a code execution.
52) OS Command Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-6185)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of filenames of the embedded video files before passing it to gstreamer.
A remote attacker can create a specially crafted document with embedded
video inside, trick the victim into opening it and execute arbitrary
OS commands on the system.
53) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-0607)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the nft_byteorder_eval() function in the Netfilter subsystem. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
54) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-50387)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation when processing DNSSEC related records. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion by forcing the DNS server to query a specially crafted DNSSEC zone and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
55) Improper Certificate Validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-46724)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation when processing a specially crafted SSL Certificate in a server certificate chain. A remote attacker can initiate a TLS Handshake with a specially crafted SSL certificate and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
56) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-2614)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing HTML content. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted webpage, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
57) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-44487)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improperly control of consumption for internal resources when handling HTTP/2 requests with compressed HEADERS frames. A remote attacker can send a sequence of compressed HEADERS frames followed by RST_STREAM frames and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack, a.k.a. "Rapid Reset".
Note, the vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild.
58) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-22019)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when processing HTTP requests with chunked encoding. A remote attacker can send specially crafted HTTP request to the server and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
59) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-45871)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the IGB driver in drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c when handling frames larger than the MTU. A remote attacker can send specially crafted traffic to the system, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
60) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-27316)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when handling HTTP/2 requests. A remote attacker can send specially crafted HTTP/2 requests to the server and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
61) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-1394)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due memory leak in the RSA encrypting/decrypting code when handling untrusted input. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform denial of service attack.
62) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-2616)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
63) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-2608)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow within the AppendEncodedAttributeValue(), ExtraSpaceNeededForAttrEncoding() and AppendEncodedCharacters() function. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website, trigger an integer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
64) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-50868)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation when processing DNSSEC related records. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion by forcing the DNS server to query a specially crafted DNSSEC zone and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
65) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-2607)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to the JIT code fails to save return registers on Armv7-A systems. A remote attacker can execute arbitrary code on the system.
66) Unchecked Return Value (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-0743)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.
The vulnerability exists due to an unchecked return value in TLS handshake code in NSS TLS method. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website and execute arbitrary code on the system.
67) XML External Entity injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-28757)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied XML input when using external parsers via XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted XML code to the affected application and view contents of arbitrary files on the system or initiate requests to external systems.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to view contents of arbitrary file on the server or perform network scanning of internal and external infrastructure.
68) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-52425)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when parsing large tokens. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
69) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-6516)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when processing specific recursive patterns. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack against the DNS resolver.
70) Reachable Assertion (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-5679)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a reachable assertion caused by a bad interaction between DNS64 and serve-stale. A remote attacker can query a DNS64-enabled resolver for domain names triggering serve-stale.
71) Reachable Assertion (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-5517)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a reachable assertion when querying RFC 1918 reverse zones. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted DNS query and perform a denial of service attack.
Remediation
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