CVE-2020-25284 (Medium) detected in linuxlinux-3.0.40

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CVE-2020-25284 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - linuxlinux-3.0.40

Apache Software Foundation (ASF)

Library home page: https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/?wsslib=linux

Found in HEAD commit: 22324ae9738f0a1eeb173ff05137c8317c350189

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerable Source Files (1)

/drivers/block/rbd.c

Vulnerability Details

The rbd block device driver in drivers/block/rbd.c in the Linux kernel through 5.8.9 used incomplete permission checking for access to rbd devices, which could be leveraged by local attackers to map or unmap rbd block devices, aka CID-f44d04e696fe.

Publish Date: 2020-09-13

URL: CVE-2020-25284

CVSS 3 Score Details (4.1)

Base Score Metrics: - Exploitability Metrics: - Attack Vector: Local - Attack Complexity: High - Privileges Required: High - User Interaction: None - Scope: Unchanged - Impact Metrics: - Confidentiality Impact: None - Integrity Impact: High - Availability Impact: None

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-25284

Release Date: 2020-09-13

Fix Resolution: v5.9-rc5

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