CVE-2021-20177

2021-05-2620:48:25

CWE-125

redhat

www.cve.org

6 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

12.6%

JSON

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.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "kernel",
    "vendor": "n/a",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "kernel 5.5-rc1"
      }
    ]
  }
]