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Buffer Overflow Affecting kernel-devel package, versions <0:3.10.0-1127.el7

Severity

 Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    1.16% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELDEVEL-2152118
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 11 Sep 2019
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Introduced: 11 Sep 2019

CVE-2019-16746 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-120 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 kernel-devel to version 0:3.10.0-1127.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

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

An issue was discovered in net/wireless/nl80211.c in the Linux kernel through 5.2.17. It does not check the length of variable elements in a beacon head, leading to a buffer overflow.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

9.8 critical
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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Red Hat

8.4 high