CWE
923
Advisory Published
CVE Published
Updated

CVE-2022-2663

First published: Tue Aug 30 2022(Updated: )

A firewall flaw that can bypass the Linux kernel’s Netfilter functionality was found in how a user handles unencrypted IRC with nf_conntrack_irc configured. This flaw allows a remote user to gain unauthorized access to the system.

Credit: secalert@redhat.com secalert@redhat.com

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
redhat/kernel-rt<0:4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8
0:4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8
redhat/kernel<0:4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8
0:4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8
redhat/kernel<0:5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2
0:5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2
redhat/kernel-rt<0:5.14.0-284.11.1.rt14.296.el9_2
0:5.14.0-284.11.1.rt14.296.el9_2
Linux Linux kernel
Debian Debian Linux=10.0
Debian Debian Linux=11.0
debian/linux
5.10.223-1
5.10.226-1
6.1.115-1
6.1.119-1
6.12.5-1
6.12.6-1

Remedy

To mitigate this issue, prevent the module nf_conntrack_irc from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for information on how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.

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