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Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting kernel-zfcpdump-devel package, versions <0:4.18.0-147.5.1.el8_1

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELZFCPDUMPDEVEL-3642839
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 28 Aug 2019
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Introduced: 28 Aug 2019

CVE-2019-14816 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-122 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-zfcpdump-devel to version 0:4.18.0-147.5.1.el8_1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:0339.

NVD Description

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

There is heap-based buffer overflow in kernel, all versions up to, excluding 5.3, in the marvell wifi chip driver in Linux kernel, that allows local users to cause a denial of service(system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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CVSS Scores

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NVD

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