SB2021062113 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 update for kernel 



SB2021062113 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 update for kernel

Published: June 21, 2021

Security Bulletin ID SB2021062113
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 4
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 25% Low 75%
  • Low
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  • Critical

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 4 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-0466)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to unspecified error, related to I/O subsystem in kernel. A local user can elevated privileges on the system.


2) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-12114)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a race condition between threads updating mountpoint reference counter. A local user can exploit the race and crash the system.


3) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-12362)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow. A local user can run a specially crafted program to trigger integer overflow and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.


4) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-28374)

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences in drivers/target/target_core_xcopy.c in the Linux kernel. A remote user with access to iSCSI LUN can send a specially crafted XCOPY request and read or write arbitrary files on the system.



Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.