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CentOS Linux: CVE-2020-26141: Moderate: kernel-rt security and bug fix update (Multiple Advisories)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2020-26141: Moderate: kernel-rt security and bug fix update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
05/11/2021
Created
11/11/2021
Added
11/10/2021
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

An issue was discovered in the ALFA Windows 10 driver 6.1316.1209 for AWUS036H. The Wi-Fi implementation does not verify the Message Integrity Check (authenticity) of fragmented TKIP frames. An adversary can abuse this to inject and possibly decrypt packets in WPA or WPA2 networks that support the TKIP data-confidentiality protocol.

Solution(s)

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

References

  • CVE-2020-26141

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