Out-of-bounds Write Affecting kernel-bootwrapper package, versions <0:3.10.0-1160.90.1.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-KERNELBOOTWRAPPER-7981101
  • published 14 Sep 2024
  • disclosed 22 Sep 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel-bootwrapper to version 0:3.10.0-1160.90.1.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:1987.

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.

drivers/usb/mon/mon_bin.c in usbmon in the Linux kernel before 5.19.15 and 6.x before 6.0.1 allows a user-space client to corrupt the monitor's internal memory.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

6.7 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    High
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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Red Hat

6.7 medium
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SUSE

6.7 medium