WID-SEC-W-2022-0609

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Linux Kernel: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Erlangen von Systemrechten

view advisory published 2021-07-07

Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle im Linux Kernel ausnutzen, um Systemrechte zu erlangen und einen Denial of Service Zustand herzustellen.

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CVE-2021-22555UShigh7.8OT criticalKEV
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…
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