Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2024-26582 |
CWE-ID | CWE-416 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
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Linux kernel Operating systems & Components / Operating system |
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Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU89002
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26582
CWE-ID:
CWE-416 - Use After Free
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in net/tls/tls_sw.c during partial reads and async decrypt. A remote attacker can send specially crafted packets to the system and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
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Vulnerable software versionsLinux kernel: before 6.1.79
External linkshttp://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32b55c5ff9103b8508c1e04bfa5a08c64e7a925f
http://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20b4ed034872b4d024b26e2bc1092c3f80e5db96
http://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d684763534b969cca1022e2a28645c7cc91f7fa5
http://git.kernel.org/stable/c/754c9bab77a1b895b97bd99d754403c505bc79df
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.