Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting kernel-uek-doc package, versions <0:4.1.12-124.54.6.1.el7uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (48th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-KERNELUEKDOC-2601277
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed11 May 2021

Introduced: 11 May 2021

CVE-2020-26142  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-74  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 kernel-uek-doc to version 0:4.1.12-124.54.6.1.el7uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2021-9459.

NVD Description

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

An issue was discovered in the kernel in OpenBSD 6.6. The WEP, WPA, WPA2, and WPA3 implementations treat fragmented frames as full frames. An adversary can abuse this to inject arbitrary network packets, independent of the network configuration.

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