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Red Hat: CVE-2022-27666: CVE-2022-27666 kernel: buffer overflow in IPsec ESP transformation code (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2022-27666: CVE-2022-27666 kernel: buffer overflow in IPsec ESP transformation code (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/23/2022
Created
06/02/2022
Added
06/01/2022
Modified
09/03/2024

Description

A heap buffer overflow flaw was found in IPsec ESP transformation code in net/ipv4/esp4.c and net/ipv6/esp6.c. This flaw allows a local attacker with a normal user privilege to overwrite kernel heap objects and may cause a local privilege escalation threat.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-kernel
  • redhat-upgrade-kernel-rt

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