Improper Restriction of Communication Channel to Intended Endpoints Affecting kernel-uek-debug-devel package, versions <0:4.1.12-124.70.2.el7uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.21% (60th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-KERNELUEKDEBUGDEVEL-3160758
  • published7 Dec 2022
  • disclosed1 Sept 2022

Introduced: 1 Sep 2022

CVE-2022-2663  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-923  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 kernel-uek-debug-devel to version 0:4.1.12-124.70.2.el7uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2022-10108.

NVD Description

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

An issue was found in the Linux kernel in nf_conntrack_irc where the message handling can be confused and incorrectly matches the message. A firewall may be able to be bypassed when users are using unencrypted IRC with nf_conntrack_irc configured.

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