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CVE-2020-14375

Published: Sep 30, 2020Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-367
NVD MITRE
7.8CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 84.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

A flaw was found in dpdk in versions before 18.11.10 and before 19.11.5. Virtio ring descriptors, and the data they describe are in a region of memory accessible by from both the virtual machine and the host. An attacker in a VM can change the contents of the memory after vhost_crypto has validated it. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:HPR:LUI:NS:CC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-367

Affected Products

dpdkn/a
data plane development kitdpdk
Embedded
OSS Libraries / generic-library
ubuntu linuxcanonical
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
leapopensuse
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
dpdkoss-projectOSS Librariesaka data plane development kit
canonicalcommercialGBOperating Systemsaka canonical ltd.
opensuseoss-projectDEOperating Systemsaka opensuse

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1879468
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/09/28/3
openwall.com
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4550-1/
usn.ubuntu.com
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Timeline

Published
Sep 30, 2020
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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