Stack-based Buffer Overflow Affecting kernel-rt-doc package, versions <0:3.10.0-693.2.2.rt56.623.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
0.93% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELRTDOC-2091437
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed12 Sept 2017

Introduced: 12 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-1000251  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-121  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 kernel-rt-doc to version 0:3.10.0-693.2.2.rt56.623.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

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

The native Bluetooth stack in the Linux Kernel (BlueZ), starting at the Linux kernel version 2.6.32 and up to and including 4.13.1, are vulnerable to a stack overflow vulnerability in the processing of L2CAP configuration responses resulting in Remote code execution in kernel space.

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