CVE-2020-14375

Published: Sep 30, 2020Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-367

7.8HIGH

NVD MITRE

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

dpdk

oss-projectaka data plane development kit

data plane development kitEmbedded

OSS Libraries / generic-library

canonical

commercial·GBaka canonical ltd.

ubuntu linuxOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

opensuse

oss-project·DE

leapOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

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Exploitability

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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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