External Initialization of Trusted Variables or Data Stores Affecting kernel package, versions <0:3.10.0-229.11.1.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    1.55% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-KERNEL-2051865
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 24 Mar 2015

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 kernel to version 0:3.10.0-229.11.1.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel package and not the kernel package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

The ndisc_router_discovery function in net/ipv6/ndisc.c in the Neighbor Discovery (ND) protocol implementation in the IPv6 stack in the Linux kernel before 3.19.6 allows remote attackers to reconfigure a hop-limit setting via a small hop_limit value in a Router Advertisement (RA) message.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

4.3 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Adjacent
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    Low
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Red Hat

4.3 medium