Ubuntu.comUB:CVE-2020-14304CVE-2020-14304
4.4 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.3%
A memory disclosure flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s ethernet drivers,
in the way it read data from the EEPROM of the device. This flaw allows a
local user to read uninitialized values from the kernel memory. The highest
threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.
Bugs
- <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=960702>
- <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1847539>
- <https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1173327>
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| sbeattie | no progress as of 2020.10.26, debian bug had a proposed patch that was shown to be not correct. |
| sbeattie | Looks to affect Mellanox driver? |
| sbeattie | Requires root privileges, and does not allow attacker to target specific memory. |
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | 18.04 | noarch | linux | < any | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 20.04 | noarch | linux | < any | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 22.04 | noarch | linux | < any | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 23.10 | noarch | linux | < any | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 16.04 | noarch | linux | < any | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 20.04 | noarch | linux-aws | < any | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 22.04 | noarch | linux-aws | < any | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 23.10 | noarch | linux-aws | < any | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 20.04 | noarch | linux-aws-5.15 | < any | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 22.04 | noarch | linux-aws-6.5 | < any | UNKNOWN |
Related
4.4 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.3%