<p>Upgrade <code>Centos:8</code> <code>perf</code> to version 0:4.18.0-240.10.1.el8_3 or higher.</p>

Out-of-Bounds Affecting perf package, versions <0:4.18.0-240.10.1.el8_3

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Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-PERF-2089318
published 26 Jul 2021
disclosed 9 Sep 2020

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Introduced: 9 Sep 2020

CVE-2020-25211 Open this link in a new tab CWE-119 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 perf to version 0:4.18.0-240.10.1.el8_3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perf package and not the perf package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel through 5.8.7, local attackers able to inject conntrack netlink configuration could overflow a local buffer, causing crashes or triggering use of incorrect protocol numbers in ctnetlink_parse_tuple_filter in net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c, aka CID-1cc5ef91d2ff.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1

Attack Vector (AV)

Local
Attack Complexity (AC)

Low
Privileges Required (PR)

High
User Interaction (UI)

None

Scope (S)

Unchanged

Confidentiality (C)

None
Integrity (I)

High
Availability (A)

High

Out-of-Bounds Affecting perf package, versions <0:4.18.0-240.10.1.el8_3

Severity

Based on CentOS security rating