CVE-2021-22555
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2021-07-07 | |
| Impact: | None | What is this? |
Description
A heap out-of-bounds write affecting Linux since v2.6.19-rc1 was discovered in net/netfilter/x_tables.c. This allows an attacker to gain privileges or cause a DoS (via heap memory corruption) through user name space
See more information about CVE-2021-22555 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v3 metrics
| Base Score: | 7.8 |
| Vector String: | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Version: | 3.0 |
| Attack Vector: | Local |
| Attack Complexity: | Low |
| Privileges Required: | Low |
| User Interaction: | None |
| Scope: | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact: | High |
| Integrity Impact: | High |
| Availability Impact: | High |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2021-9395 | 2021-08-04 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel) | ELSA-2021-3327 | 2021-08-31 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2021-9395 | 2021-08-04 |
| Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel) | ELSA-2021-3057 | 2021-08-11 |
| Oracle VM version 3 (kernel-uek) | OVMSA-2021-0025 | 2021-08-04 |
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