SB2021123012 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Netezza Host Management

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SB2021123012 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Netezza Host Management

Published: December 30, 2021

Security Bulletin ID SB2021123012
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-32399)

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

The vulnerability exists due to a race condition  for removal of the HCI controller within net/bluetooth/hci_request.c in the Linux kernel. A local user can exploit the race and gain unauthorized access to sensitive information and escalate privileges on the system.


2) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-36386)

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the hci_extended_inquiry_result_evt() function in Linux kernel. A local user can tun a specially crafted program to trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system or crash the kernel.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References