5.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
1.7 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
8.2%
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.
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ubuntu | 20.04 | noarch | linux | < 5.4.0-156.173 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 20.04 | noarch | linux-aws | < 5.4.0-1107.115 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 18.04 | noarch | linux-aws-5.4 | < 5.4.0-1107.115~18.04.1) Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 20.04 | noarch | linux-azure | < 5.4.0-1114.120 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 18.04 | noarch | linux-azure-5.4 | < 5.4.0-1113.119~18.04.1) Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 20.04 | noarch | linux-bluefield | < 5.4.0-1068.74 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 20.04 | noarch | linux-gcp | < 5.4.0-1110.119 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 18.04 | noarch | linux-gcp-5.4 | < 5.4.0-1110.119~18.04.1) Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 20.04 | noarch | linux-gke | < 5.4.0-1105.112 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 20.04 | noarch | linux-gkeop | < 5.4.0-1074.78 | UNKNOWN |
cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.8
git.kernel.org/linus/7690aa1cdf7c4565ad6b013b324c28b685505e24 (5.8-rc1)
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7690aa1cdf7c4565ad6b013b324c28b685505e24
launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2020-36691
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36691
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-36691
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6284-1
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6301-1
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6312-1
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6314-1
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6331-1
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6337-1
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-36691
5.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
1.7 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
8.2%