CVE-2020-10720

CVSS V2 Medium 4.9 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of GRO in versions before 5.2. This flaw allows an attacker with local access to crash the system.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2020-10720

Assigner
secalert@redhat.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2020-09-03T18:15:12

Last Modified Date
2020-09-10T14:46:44

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-416	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	1	OR		5.2

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
COMPLETE

Base Score
4.9

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
6.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
5.5

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
1.8

Impact Score
3.6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a4270d6795b0580287453ea55974d948393e66ef	Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1781204	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10720
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-10720

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 16:24:43				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 22:00:27	2020-09-03T18:15Z	2020-09-03T18:15:12	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-04 22:00:27		2020-09-10T14:46:44	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-04 22:00:27		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated