SB2021030977 - SUSE update for the Linux Kernel 



SB2021030977 - SUSE update for the Linux Kernel

Published: March 9, 2021

Security Bulletin ID SB2021030977
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 4
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 4 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) 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.



2) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-26930)

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources when processing service requests to the PV backend within drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c driver in Xen. A local user on the guest OS can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


3) Allocation of resources without limits or throttling (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-26931)

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

The vulnerability exists due to allocation of resources without limits or throttling error within the scsiback_gnttab_data_map_batch() function in drivers/xen/xen-scsiback.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


4) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-26932)

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

The vulnerability exists due to memory corruption within the gntdev_map_grant_pages() function in drivers/xen/gntdev.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.