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CVE-2021-3635 (GCVE-0-2021-3635)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-08-13 13:22 – Updated: 2024-08-03 17:01
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Summary
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel netfilter implementation in versions prior to 5.5-rc7. A user with root (CAP_SYS_ADMIN) access is able to panic the system when issuing netfilter netflow commands.
Severity
4.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a kernel Affected: kernel 5.5-rc7
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