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CVE-2020-25284

Public on 2020-09-13
Modified on 2020-10-27
Description

A flaw was found in the capabilities check of the rados block device functionality in the Linux kernel. Incorrect capability checks could alllow a local user with root priviledges (but no capabilities) to add or remove Rados Block Devices from the system.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
4.1
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 kernel 2020-10-26 18:08 ALAS-2020-1437
Amazon Linux 2 - Core kernel 2020-10-22 18:07 ALAS2-2020-1520
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.4 Extra kernel 2022-01-20 19:31 ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-016
Amazon Linux 2 - Livepatch Extra kernel-livepatch-4.14.192-147.314 2020-12-02 19:27 ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2020-028
Amazon Linux 2 - Livepatch Extra kernel-livepatch-4.14.193-149.317 2020-12-02 19:27 ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2020-029
Amazon Linux 2 - Livepatch Extra kernel-livepatch-4.14.198-152.320 2020-12-02 19:29 ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2020-030

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 4.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD CVSSv2 1.9 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
NVD CVSSv3 4.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N