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CentOS Linux: CVE-2019-17133: Important: kernel-alt security and bug fix update (Multiple Advisories)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2019-17133: Important: kernel-alt security and bug fix update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/04/2019
Created
01/23/2020
Added
01/22/2020
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

In the Linux kernel through 5.3.2, cfg80211_mgd_wext_giwessid in net/wireless/wext-sme.c does not reject a long SSID IE, leading to a Buffer Overflow.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-kernel
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-rt

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