Information Exposure Affecting perf package, versions <0:4.18.0-193.80.1.el8_2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-PERF-4036816
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed30 Jan 2020

Introduced: 30 Jan 2020

CVE-2020-8647  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 perf to version 0:4.18.0-193.80.1.el8_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2022:1213.

NVD Description

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

There is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel through 5.5.2 in the vc_do_resize function in drivers/tty/vt/vt.c.

CVSS Scores

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