Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm Affecting kernel-docs package, versions <5.3.18-150200.24.129.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (35th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-KERNELDOCS-3036091
  • published29 Sept 2022
  • disclosed28 Sept 2022

Introduced: 28 Sep 2022

CVE-2020-36516  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-327  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 kernel-docs to version 5.3.18-150200.24.129.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-docs package and not the kernel-docs package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.2 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

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