Improper Handling of Unicode Encoding Affecting kernel-core package, versions <0:5.14.0-284.16.1.el9_2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.28% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL9-KERNELCORE-6220803
  • published 1 Feb 2024
  • disclosed 20 Apr 2023

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 kernel-core to version 0:5.14.0-284.16.1.el9_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:3366.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-core package and not the kernel-core package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

Not all valid JavaScript whitespace characters are considered to be whitespace. Templates containing whitespace characters outside of the character set "\t\n\f\r\u0020\u2028\u2029" in JavaScript contexts that also contain actions may not be properly sanitized during execution.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

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

8.1 high
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SUSE

5.3 medium