Out-of-Bounds Affecting kernel-bootwrapper package, versions <0:3.10.0-1160.53.1.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELBOOTWRAPPER-2028311
  • published27 Oct 2021
  • disclosed20 Apr 2021

Introduced: 20 Apr 2021

CVE-2021-42739  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 kernel-bootwrapper to version 0:3.10.0-1160.53.1.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

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

The firewire subsystem in the Linux kernel through 5.14.13 has a buffer overflow related to drivers/media/firewire/firedtv-avc.c and drivers/media/firewire/firedtv-ci.c, because avc_ca_pmt mishandles bounds checking.

CVSS Scores

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