Improper Restriction of Communication Channel to Intended Endpoints Affecting kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_21-default package, versions <1-150400.9.3.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.81% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES154-KERNELLIVEPATCH514211504002421DEFAULT-3026329
  • published17 Sept 2022
  • disclosed16 Sept 2022

Introduced: 16 Sep 2022

CVE-2022-2663  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-923  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.4 kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_21-default to version 1-150400.9.3.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_21-default package and not the kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_21-default package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.4 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was found in the Linux kernel in nf_conntrack_irc where the message handling can be confused and incorrectly matches the message. A firewall may be able to be bypassed when users are using unencrypted IRC with nf_conntrack_irc configured.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1