Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-36691

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.8. lib/nlattr.c allows attackers to cause a denial of service unbounded recursion via a nested Netlink poli...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-6331-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities (USN-6331-1)

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6331-1 advisory. It was discovered that the netlink implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate policies when parsing attributes in some situations. An...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-6314-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

USN-6312-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the netlink implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate policies when parsing attributes in some situations. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service infinite recursion. CVE-2020-36691 Billy Jheng Bing Jhong discovered that the CIFS network...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-6301-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-6284-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

USN-6284-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the netlink implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate policies when parsing attributes in some situations. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service infinite recursion. CVE-2020-36691 Billy Jheng Bing Jhong discovered that the CIFS network...

SUSE SLED12: cluster-md-kmp-default / dlm-kmp-default / gfs2-kmp-default / etc (SUSE-SU-2023:2163-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SLED12 / SLEDSAP12 / SLES12 / SLESSAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:2163-1 advisory. The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following...

SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2023:2162-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

SUSE-SU-2023:2147-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP3 RT kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2023-2124: Fixed an out of bound access in the XFS subsystem that could have lead to denial-of-service or potentially privilege escalation bsc1210498. -...

CVE-2020-36691

A flaw was found in lib/nlattr.c in the Linux kernel, before 5.8. This issue may allow an attacker to cause a denial of service unbounded recursion through a nested Netlink policy with a back reference...

CVE-2020-36691

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.8. lib/nlattr.c allows attackers to cause a denial of service unbounded recursion via a nested Netlink policy with a back reference...

CVE-2020-36691

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.8. lib/nlattr.c allows attackers to cause a denial of service unbounded recursion via a nested Netlink policy with a back reference...

CVE-2020-36691

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.8. lib/nlattr.c allows attackers to cause a denial of service unbounded recursion via a nested Netlink policy with a back reference...

CVE-2020-36691

CVE-2020-36691 affects the Linux kernel up to and including versions prior to 5.8. The flaw is in lib/nlattr.c where a nested Netlink policy with a back reference can trigger unbounded recursion, causing a denial of service. A patch was merged in kernel 5.8 (per ChangeLog-5.8); users should upgra...