Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts Affecting kernel-rt-debug-kvm package, versions <0:4.18.0-348.rt7.130.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-KERNELRTDEBUGKVM-1345286
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed11 May 2021

Introduced: 11 May 2021

CVE-2020-26147  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-307  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-rt-debug-kvm to version 0:4.18.0-348.rt7.130.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:4140.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-rt-debug-kvm package and not the kernel-rt-debug-kvm package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel 5.8.9. The WEP, WPA, WPA2, and WPA3 implementations reassemble fragments even though some of them were sent in plaintext. This vulnerability can be abused to inject packets and/or exfiltrate selected fragments when another device sends fragmented frames and the WEP, CCMP, or GCMP data-confidentiality protocol is used.

CVSS Scores

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