CVE-2021-43267
Published: November 2, 2021Last modified: July 18, 2024
Description
An issue was discovered in net/tipc/crypto.c in the Linux kernel before 5.14.16. The Transparent Inter-Process Communication (TIPC) functionality allows remote attackers to exploit insufficient validation of user-supplied sizes for the MSG_CRYPTO message type.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 9.8 |
| Attack Vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | NONE |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | HIGH |
| Integrity impact | HIGH |
| Availability impact | HIGH |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | Stream | linux-lts | Not affected (6.1.33-r0) |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/02/10/1
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.14.16
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fa40d9734a57bcbfa79a280189799f76c88f7bb0
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CVWL7HZV5T5OEKJPO2D67RMFMKBBXGGB/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RDDEW4APTYKJK365HC2JZIVXYUV7ZRN7/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211125-0002/