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Alma Linux: CVE-2021-22555: Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (ALSA-2021-3057)

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Alma Linux: CVE-2021-22555: Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (ALSA-2021-3057)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/07/2021
Created
05/05/2022
Added
05/04/2022
Modified
09/15/2022

Description

A heap out-of-bounds write affecting Linux since v2.6.19-rc1 was discovered in net/netfilter/x_tables.c. This allows an attacker to gain privileges or cause a DoS (via heap memory corruption) through user name space

Solution(s)

  • alma-upgrade-kernel-tools-libs-devel

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