CVE-2021-20177
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2021-20177 |
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| State | PUBLIC |
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| Assigner | [email protected] |
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| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
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| Published | 2021-05-26 21:15:00 UTC |
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| Updated | 2021-06-02 21:02:00 UTC |
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| Description | A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of string matching within a packet. A privileged user (with root or CAP_NET_ADMIN) when inserting iptables rules could insert a rule which can panic the system. Kernel before kernel 5.5-rc1 is affected. |
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NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
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| Operating System |
Linux |
Linux Kernel |
All |
All |
All |
All |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
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| 1914719 – (CVE-2021-20177) CVE-2021-20177 kernel: iptables string match rule could result in kernel panic |
MISC |
bugzilla.redhat.com |
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| CVE Program record |
CVE.ORG |
www.cve.org |
canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail |
NVD |
nvd.nist.gov |
canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
Legacy QID Mappings
- 179792 Debian Security Update for linux (CVE-2021-20177)
- 670345 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-1879)
- 670375 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-1950)
- 750373 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:0241-1)
