Buffer Overflow Affecting python3-perf package, versions <0:4.18.0-240.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-PYTHON3PERF-3847444
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed3 Mar 2020

Introduced: 3 Mar 2020

CVE-2020-12465  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 python3-perf to version 0:4.18.0-240.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:4431.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python3-perf package and not the python3-perf package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

An array overflow was discovered in mt76_add_fragment in drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/dma.c in the Linux kernel before 5.5.10, aka CID-b102f0c522cf. An oversized packet with too many rx fragments can corrupt memory of adjacent pages.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1