CCE-94425-6| Platform: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 | Date: (C)2019-11-07 (M)2023-07-04 |
To disable core dumps for all users, add the following line to
'/etc/security/limits.conf':
'* hard core 0'
Parameter:
[yes/no]
Technical Mechanism:
A core dump includes a memory image taken at the time the operating system
terminates an application. The memory image could contain sensitive data and is generally useful
only for developers trying to debug problems.
| CCSS Severity: | CCSS Metrics: |
| CCSS Score : 6.2 | Attack Vector: LOCAL |
| Exploit Score: 2.5 | Attack Complexity: LOW |
| Impact Score: 3.6 | Privileges Required: NONE |
| Severity: MEDIUM | User Interaction: NONE |
| Vector: AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | Scope: UNCHANGED |
| | Confidentiality: HIGH |
| | Integrity: NONE |
| | Availability: NONE |
| | |
References: | Resource Id | Reference |
|---|
| SCAP Repo OVAL Definition | oval:org.secpod.oval:def:84103 |
| SCAP Repo OVAL Definition | oval:org.secpod.oval:def:72228 |
| SCAP Repo OVAL Definition | oval:org.secpod.oval:def:55817 |
