Information Exposure Affecting kernel-zfcpdump-modules package, versions <0:4.18.0-305.57.1.el8_4


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.12% (48th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELZFCPDUMPMODULES-4193454
  • published 11 May 2022
  • disclosed 2 May 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-zfcpdump-modules to version 0:4.18.0-305.57.1.el8_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2022:5626.

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.

A memory leak problem was found in the TCP source port generation algorithm in net/ipv4/tcp.c due to the small table perturb size. This flaw may allow an attacker to information leak and may cause a denial of service problem.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

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

6.5 medium
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SUSE

6.5 medium