CVE-2020-25211
Vulnerability Summary
Timeline
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
- v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 6.7CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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: 0.57%• Percentile: 46%
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•linux
< 5.8.14-1 | < 5.8.14-1 | < 5.8.14-1 | < 5.8.14-1
- ubuntu•linux
all | < 4.4.0-197.229 | < 4.15.0-126.129 | < 5.4.0-56.62
- ubuntu•linux-aws
< 4.4.0-1082.86 | < 4.4.0-1118.132 | < 4.15.0-1088.93 | < 5.4.0-1030.31
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.0
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.4
< 5.4.0-1030.31~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-aws-fips
< 4.15.0-2031.32 | all | < 5.4.0-1069.73+fips2
- ubuntu•linux-aws-hwe
< 4.15.0-1088.93~16.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-azure
< 4.15.0-1100.111~14.04.1 | < 4.15.0-1100.111~16.04.1 | all | < 5.4.0-1032.33
- ubuntu•linux-azure-4.15
< 4.15.0-1100.111
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.4
< 5.4.0-1032.33~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-azure-edge
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fips
< 4.15.0-2013.15 | all | < 5.4.0-1073.76+fips1
- ubuntu•linux-bluefield
all
- ubuntu•linux-dell300x
< 4.15.0-1007.11
- ubuntu•linux-fips
< 4.4.0-1051.57 | all | < 4.15.0-1046.53
- ubuntu•linux-gcp
< 4.15.0-1088.101~16.04.1 | all | < 5.4.0-1030.32
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-4.15
< 4.15.0-1088.101
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.4
< 5.4.0-1030.32~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-edge
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-fips
all | < 5.4.0-1067.71~20.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-gke-4.15
< 4.15.0-1074.79
- ubuntu•linux-gke-5.4
< 5.4.0-1030.32~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-gkeop-5.4
< 5.4.0-1005.6
- ubuntu•linux-hwe
< 4.15.0-126.129~16.04.1 | all
- ubuntu•linux-hwe-5.4
< 5.4.0-56.62~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-hwe-edge
all | all
- ubuntu•linux-intel-iot-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-kvm
< 4.4.0-1084.93 | < 4.15.0-1079.81 | < 5.4.0-1028.29
- ubuntu•linux-lts-xenial
< 4.4.0-197.229~14.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-oem
< 4.15.0-1103.114
- ubuntu•linux-oem-5.6
all
- ubuntu•linux-oracle
< 4.15.0-1059.65~16.04.1 | < 4.15.0-1059.65 | < 5.4.0-1030.32
- ubuntu•linux-oracle-5.0
all
- ubuntu•linux-oracle-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-oracle-5.4
< 5.4.0-1030.32~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-raspi
< 5.4.0-1023.26
- ubuntu•linux-raspi-5.4
< 5.4.0-1023.26~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-raspi-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-raspi2
< 4.4.0-1142.152 | < 4.15.0-1074.79 | all
- ubuntu•linux-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-riscv
< 5.4.0-37.42
- ubuntu•linux-snapdragon
< 4.4.0-1146.156 | < 4.15.0-1091.100
- debian•debian_linux
9.0 | 10.0
- fedoraproject•fedora
31 | 32
- linux•linux_kernel
≤ 5.8.7
- redhat•bpftool
< 0:4.18.0-240.10.1.el8_3
- redhat•bpftool-debuginfo
< 0:4.18.0-240.10.1.el8_3 | < 0:4.18.0-240.10.1.el8_3
Showing first 50 affected entries in server-rendered view.
References (28)
- https://twitter.com/grsecurity/status/1303646421158109185
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1cc5ef91d2ff94d2bf2de3b3585423e8a1051cb6
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OLDYVOM4OS55HA45Y3UEVLDHYGFXPZUX/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BL2O4JAMPJG4YMLLJ7JFDHDJRXN4RKTC/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201009-0001/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4774
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00028.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0003
- https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1877571
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2021/rhsa-2021_0003.json
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-25211
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25211
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25211
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0004
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1906140
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2021/rhsa-2021_0004.json
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0189
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2021/rhsa-2021_0189.json
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-25211
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/1cc5ef91d2ff94d2bf2de3b3585423e8a1051cb6
- https://lore.kernel.org/stable/20200727190731.4035744-2-willmcvicker@google.com/
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4657-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4658-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4660-1
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-25211