Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information Affecting kernel-tools package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELTOOLS-1343975
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 16 Sep 2020
Introduced: 16 Sep 2020
CVE-2020-25645 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 kernel-tools.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-tools package and not the kernel-tools package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel in versions before 5.9-rc7. Traffic between two Geneve endpoints may be unencrypted when IPsec is configured to encrypt traffic for the specific UDP port used by the GENEVE tunnel allowing anyone between the two endpoints to read the traffic unencrypted. The main threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality.
References
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201103-0004/
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-25645
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4774
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161229/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0074-1.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1883988
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00028.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00027.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0856
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0857
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00035.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00042.html