Exposed Dangerous Method or Function Affecting kernel-abi-whitelists package, versions <0:3.10.0-327.el7
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELABIWHITELISTS-2053582
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 4 Mar 2013
Introduced: 4 Mar 2013
CVE-2013-7421 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Centos:7 kernel-abi-whitelists to version 0:3.10.0-327.el7 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-abi-whitelists package and not the kernel-abi-whitelists package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
The Crypto API in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5 allows local users to load arbitrary kernel modules via a bind system call for an AF_ALG socket with a module name in the salg_name field, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-9644.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72322
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=5d26a105b5a73e5635eae0629b42fa0a90e07b7b
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185469
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5d26a105b5a73e5635eae0629b42fa0a90e07b7b
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.18.5
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-7421
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3170
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:057
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:058
- https://plus.google.com/+MathiasKrause/posts/PqFCo4bfrWu
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/3/4/70
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/24/4
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0068.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2152
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2513-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2514-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2543-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2544-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2545-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2546-1
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5d26a105b5a73e5635eae0629b42fa0a90e07b7b
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