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CVE-2020-25643

Public on 2020-10-06
Modified on 2020-10-27
Description

A flaw was found in the HDLC_PPP module of the Linux kernel. Memory corruption and a read overflow is caused by improper input validation in the ppp_cp_parse_cr function which can cause the system to crash or cause a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
6.6
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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

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 6.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 7.5 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:C
NVD CVSSv3 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H