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CVE-2020-24490

Public on 2020-11-09
Modified on 2020-11-16
Description

A heap buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's Bluetooth implementation processed extended advertising report events. This flaw allows a remote attacker in an adjacent range to crash the system, causing a denial of service or to potentially execute arbitrary code on the system by sending a specially crafted Bluetooth packet. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
7.1
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 kernel 2020-11-14 01:22 ALAS-2020-1446
Amazon Linux 2 - Core kernel 2020-11-09 17:10 ALAS2-2020-1556

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 3.3 AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD CVSSv3 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H