Medium severity · published Nov 4, 2021
CVE-2021-43389
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.14.15
5.5
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.14.15. There is an array-index-out-of-bounds flaw in the detach_capi_ctr function in drivers/isdn/capi/kcapi.c.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 54% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
before 5.14.15 · source: NVD
CC
Communications Cloud Native Core Binding Support Function · Oracle
22.1.3 · source: NVD
CC
Communications Cloud Native Core Network Exposure Function · Oracle
22.1.1 · source: NVD
CC
Communications Cloud Native Core Policy · Oracle
22.2.0 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0; 10.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
8.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-43389
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-43389
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/11/05/1
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2013180
Mailing List
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.14.15
Mailing List
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1f3e2e97c003f80c4b087092b225c8787ff91e4d
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00012.html
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00012.html
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