Improper Privilege Management Affecting linux-4.9 package, versions <4.9.210-1+deb9u1~deb8u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-LINUX49-571811
  • published5 May 2020
  • disclosed5 May 2020

Introduced: 5 May 2020

CVE-2020-12653  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-269  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 linux-4.9 to version 4.9.210-1+deb9u1~deb8u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream linux-4.9 package and not the linux-4.9 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was found in Linux kernel before 5.5.4. The mwifiex_cmd_append_vsie_tlv() function in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/scan.c allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service because of an incorrect memcpy and buffer overflow, aka CID-b70261a288ea.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1