Improper Access Control Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3013429
  • published1 Sept 2022
  • disclosed30 Aug 2022
  • creditDavid Leadbeater

Introduced: 30 Aug 2022

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

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Access Control in f_conntrack_irc where the message handling can be confused and it incorrectly matches on the message. A firewall may be able to be bypassed when users are using unencrypted IRC with nf_conntrack_irc configured.

CVSS Base Scores

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