Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm Affecting kernel-headers 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 ID SNYK-ROCKY8-KERNELHEADERS-3191504
  • published 5 Jan 2023
  • disclosed 26 Feb 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 kernel-headers 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-headers package and not the kernel-headers 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
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NVD

5.9 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    Low
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SUSE

8.1 high
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Red Hat

5.9 medium