Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm Affecting kernel-core package, versions <0:4.18.0-425.3.1.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (34th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-KERNELCORE-3191472
  • published5 Jan 2023
  • disclosed26 Feb 2022

Introduced: 26 Feb 2022

CVE-2020-36516  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-327  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 kernel-core to version 0:4.18.0-425.3.1.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2022:7683.

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 Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.16.11. The mixed IPID assignment method with the hash-based IPID assignment policy allows an off-path attacker to inject data into a victim's TCP session or terminate that session.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1