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Improper Input Validation Affecting kernel-bootwrapper package, versions <0:3.10.0-957.el7

Severity

 Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.06% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-KERNELBOOTWRAPPER-7966377
  • published 14 Sep 2024
  • disclosed 9 Feb 2018
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Introduced: 9 Feb 2018

CVE-2018-5803 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-20 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel-bootwrapper to version 0:3.10.0-957.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2018:3083.

NVD Description

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

In the Linux Kernel before version 4.15.8, 4.14.25, 4.9.87, 4.4.121, 4.1.51, and 3.2.102, an error in the "_sctp_make_chunk()" function (net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c) when handling SCTP packets length can be exploited to cause a kernel crash.

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