Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm Affecting kernel-syms package, versions <5.3.18-24.99.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (49th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-KERNELSYMS-2659391
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed26 Jan 2022

Introduced: 26 Jan 2022

CVE-2021-45485  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-327  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 kernel-syms to version 5.3.18-24.99.1 or higher.

NVD Description

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

In the IPv6 implementation in the Linux kernel before 5.13.3, net/ipv6/output_core.c has an information leak because of certain use of a hash table which, although big, doesn't properly consider that IPv6-based attackers can typically choose among many IPv6 source addresses.

CVSS Scores

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