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
    0.14% (51st percentile)

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications
  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL9-KERNELCORE-6592844
  • published 9 Apr 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.

Angle brackets (<>) are not considered dangerous characters when inserted into CSS contexts. Templates containing multiple actions separated by a '/' character can result in unexpectedly closing the CSS context and allowing for injection of unexpected HTML, if executed with untrusted input.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
Expand this section

NVD

7.3 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)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    Low
Expand this section

Red Hat

7.3 high
Expand this section

SUSE

7.3 high