vulnerability

Oracle Linux: CVE-2021-20269: ELSA-2021-4404: kexec-tools security, bug fix, and enhancement update (LOW) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
Mar 2, 2021
Added
Nov 17, 2021
Modified
Jan 7, 2025

Description

A flaw was found in the permissions of a log file created by kexec-tools. This flaw allows a local unprivileged user to read this file and leak kernel internal information from a previous panic. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality. This flaw affects kexec-tools shipped by Fedora versions prior to 2.0.21-8 and RHEL versions prior to 2.0.20-47.
A flaw was found in the permissions of a log file created by kexec-tools. This flaw allows a local unprivileged user to read this file and leak kernel internal information from a previous panic. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.

Solution

oracle-linux-upgrade-kexec-tools
Title
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