CVE-2020-25211

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 31
Modified
Published: 09 Sept 2020, 15:51
Last modified:04 Aug 2024, 15:33

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
34/100
CVSS Score
6 MEDIUM
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.04% LOW
0% probability -0.10%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

09 Sept 2020, 15:51
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Aug 2024, 15:33
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

In the Linux kernel through 5.8.7, local attackers able to inject conntrack netlink configuration could overflow a local buffer, causing crashes or triggering use of incorrect protocol numbers in ctnetlink_parse_tuple_filter in net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c, aka CID-1cc5ef91d2ff.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 6CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0•LOW•Score: 3.6AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.04%• Percentile: 13%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-120•Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

    The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer.

Affected Systems

  • debian•debian_linux

    9.0 | 10.0

  • fedoraproject•fedora

    31 | 32

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≤ 5.8.7

References (9)