vulnerability
CentOS Linux: CVE-2023-0179: Important: kernel security and bug fix update (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Feb 28, 2023 | Mar 1, 2023 | Jan 28, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Feb 28, 2023
Added
Mar 1, 2023
Modified
Jan 28, 2025
Description
A buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the Netfilter subsystem in the Linux Kernel. This issue could allow the leakage of both stack and heap addresses, and potentially allow Local Privilege Escalation to the root user via arbitrary code execution.
Solutions
centos-upgrade-kernelcentos-upgrade-kernel-rtcentos-upgrade-kpatch-patch-5_14_0-162_12_1centos-upgrade-kpatch-patch-5_14_0-162_12_1-debuginfocentos-upgrade-kpatch-patch-5_14_0-162_12_1-debugsourcecentos-upgrade-kpatch-patch-5_14_0-162_6_1centos-upgrade-kpatch-patch-5_14_0-162_6_1-debuginfocentos-upgrade-kpatch-patch-5_14_0-162_6_1-debugsource
References
Rapid7 Labs
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