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CVE-2020-24586

Public on 2021-05-11
Modified on 2022-01-10
Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernels implementation of wifi fragmentation handling. An attacker with the ability to transmit within the wireless transmission range of an access point can abuse a flaw where previous contents of wifi fragments can be unintentionally transmitted to another device.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
4.3
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.10 Extra kernel 2022-01-20 23:37 ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2022-002
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.4 Extra kernel 2022-01-12 19:26 ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-004

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD CVSSv3 3.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD CVSSv2 2.9 AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

References

Red Hat: CVE-2020-24586 Mitre: CVE-2020-24586 FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity