Stack-based Buffer Overflow Affecting kernel-rt package, versions <0:3.10.0-693.2.2.rt56.623.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Mature
    EPSS
    0.93% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-KERNELRT-4713377
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 12 Sep 2017

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel-rt to version 0:3.10.0-693.2.2.rt56.623.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:2704.

NVD Description

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

The native Bluetooth stack in the Linux Kernel (BlueZ), starting at the Linux kernel version 2.6.32 and up to and including 4.13.1, are vulnerable to a stack overflow vulnerability in the processing of L2CAP configuration responses resulting in Remote code execution in kernel space.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

8 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Adjacent
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High