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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2020-25211) (Multiple Advisories): kernel security and bug fix update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2020-25211) (Multiple Advisories): kernel security and bug fix update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/09/2020
Created
11/11/2020
Added
11/09/2020
Modified
03/18/2021

Description

In the Linux kernel through 5.8.7, local attackers able to inject conntrack netlink configuration could overflow a local buffer, causing crashes or triggering use of incorrect protocol numbers in ctnetlink_parse_tuple_filter in net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c, aka CID-1cc5ef91d2ff.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-debug
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-debug-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-doc
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-firmware
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-headers
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-tools
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-tools-libs
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-tools-libs-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-perf
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python-perf

References

  • ELSA-2021-0856
  • CVE-2020-25211
  • USN-4657-1
  • USN-4658-1
  • USN-4658-2
  • USN-4660-1
  • USN-4660-2
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