CVE-2020-25643

Summary

CVECVE-2020-25643
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-10-06 14:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-05-16 10:48:00 UTC
DescriptionA flaw was found in the HDLC_PPP module of the Linux kernel in versions before 5.9-rc7. 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.9.0 - All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.9.0 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.9.0 rc2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.9.0 rc3 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.9.0 rc4 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.9.0 rc5 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.9.0 rc6 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.9.0 - All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.9.0 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.9.0 rc2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.9.0 rc3 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.9.0 rc4 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.9.0 rc5 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 5.9.0 rc6 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Hardware Netapp H410c - All All All
Operating System Netapp H410c Firmware - All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Starwindsoftware Starwind Virtual San v8 build12533 All All
Application Starwindsoftware Starwind Virtual San v8 build12658 All All
Application Starwindsoftware Starwind Virtual San v8 build12859 All All
Application Starwindsoftware Starwind Virtual San v8 build13170 All All
Application Starwindsoftware Starwind Virtual San v8 build13586 All All
Application Starwindsoftware Starwind Virtual San v8 build13861 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1655-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2420-2] linux regression update MLIST lists.debian.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4774-1 linux DEBIAN www.debian.org
CVE-2020-25643 Linux Kernel vulnerability in StarWind VSAN for vSphere (VSA) MISC www.starwindsoftware.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1698-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
CVE-2020-25643 Linux Kernel Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
1879981 – (CVE-2020-25643) CVE-2020-25643 kernel: improper input validation in ppp_cp_parse_cr function leads to memory corruption and read overflow MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2417-1] linux-4.19 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MISC git.kernel.org Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2420-1] linux security update MLIST lists.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159185 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for kernel (ELSA-2021-1578)
  • 239314 Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2021:1739)
  • 239339 Red Hat Update for kernel (RHSA-2021:1578)
  • 353100 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kernel : ALAC2012-2021-024
  • 353101 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kmod-mlx5 : ALAC2012-2021-025
  • 353102 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for kmod-sfc : ALAC2012-2021-026
  • 377038 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for cloud-kernel (ALINUX2-SA-2020:0198)
  • 750376 OpenSUSE Security Update for RT kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:0242-1)
  • 750533 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2020:2112-1)
  • 900076 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.4.91
  • 902957 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (3509)
  • 906038 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (3509-1)
  • 940354 AlmaLinux Security Update for kernel (ALSA-2021:1578)
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