Improper Access Control Affecting kernel-zfcpdump-modules package, versions <0:4.18.0-193.14.3.el8_2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELZFCPDUMPMODULES-3803848
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 15 Jun 2020

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-zfcpdump-modules to version 0:4.18.0-193.14.3.el8_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:3218.

NVD Description

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

An issue was discovered in drivers/acpi/acpi_configfs.c in the Linux kernel before 5.7.7. Injection of malicious ACPI tables via configfs could be used by attackers to bypass lockdown and secure boot restrictions, aka CID-75b0cea7bf30.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

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

6.4 medium
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SUSE

7.3 high