Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') Affecting kernel-tools package, versions <0:4.18.0-240.1.1.el8_3
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELTOOLS-3907595
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 3 Nov 2020
Introduced: 3 Nov 2020
CVE-2020-25661 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-tools to version 0:4.18.0-240.1.1.el8_3 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:4685.
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 Red Hat only CVE-2020-12351 regression issue was found in the way the Linux kernel's Bluetooth implementation handled L2CAP packets with A2MP CID. This flaw allows a remote attacker in an adjacent range to crash the system, causing a denial of service or potentially executing arbitrary code on the system by sending a specially crafted L2CAP packet. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12351
- https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/BleedingTooth
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-25661
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-25661
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4685
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1891483