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CVE-2020-16166

Public on 2020-07-30
Modified on 2022-01-10
Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. The generation of the device ID from the network RNG internal state is predictable. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
3.7
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.4 Extra kernel 2022-01-20 19:25 ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-014

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 3.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD CVSSv3 3.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD CVSSv2 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N