Use of Insufficiently Random Values Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,5.15-rc1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.49% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-2932171
  • published20 Jun 2022
  • disclosed20 Jun 2022
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 20 Jun 2022

CVE-2021-20322  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-330  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 5.15-rc1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use of Insufficiently Random Values due to a flaw in the processing of received ICMP errors. This flaw allows an off-path remote user to effectively bypass the source port UDP randomization.

CVSS Scores

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