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Out-of-bounds Write Affecting python3-perf-debuginfo package, versions <0:4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Rocky Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Mature
    EPSS
    0.21% (60th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ROCKY8-PYTHON3PERFDEBUGINFO-3289893
  • published 3 Feb 2023
  • disclosed 7 Jul 2021
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Introduced: 7 Jul 2021

CVE-2021-22555 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-787 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 python3-perf-debuginfo to version 0:4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2021:3057.

NVD Description

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

A heap out-of-bounds write affecting Linux since v2.6.19-rc1 was discovered in net/netfilter/x_tables.c. This allows an attacker to gain privileges or cause a DoS (via heap memory corruption) through user name space

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

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

7.8 high
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Red Hat

7.8 high