Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2021-29646 (CCN-199197)

Assigned:2021-03-15
Published:2021-03-15
Updated:2021-04-05
Summary:An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.11.11. tipc_nl_retrieve_key in net/tipc/node.c does not properly validate certain data sizes, aka CID-0217ed2848e8.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.5 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
4.8 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
6.2 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
5.4 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
5.5 Medium (REDHAT CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
4.8 Medium (REDHAT Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:2.1 Low (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
4.9 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-noinfo
CWE-20
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2021-29646

Source: MISC
Type: Mailing List, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.11.11

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
linux-kernel-cve202129646-dos(199197)

Source: CCN
Type: Linux Kernel GIT Repository
tipc: better validate user input in tipc_nl_retrieve_key()

Source: MISC
Type: Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0217ed2848e8538bcf9172d97ed2eeb4a26041bb

Source: FEDORA
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
FEDORA-2021-6b0f287b8b

Source: FEDORA
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
FEDORA-2021-2306e89112

Source: FEDORA
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
FEDORA-2021-41fb54ae9f

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2021-29646

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 5.11.11)

    • Configuration 2:
  • cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 1:
  • cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 2:
  • cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::nfv:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 3:
  • cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::realtime:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 4:
  • cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::crb:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 5:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 6:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:5.11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20214140
    P
    		RHSA-2021:4140: kernel-rt security and bug fix update (Moderate)
    2021-11-09
    oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20214356
    P
    		RHSA-2021:4356: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Moderate)
    2021-11-09
    BACK
    linux linux kernel *
    fedoraproject fedora 32
    fedoraproject fedora 33
    fedoraproject fedora 34
    linux linux kernel 5.11.10