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CVE-2020-12888

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Date: May 15, 2020

The VFIO PCI driver in the Linux kernel through 5.6.13 mishandles attempts to access disabled memory space.

Language: C

Severity Score

5.3

Related Resources (22)

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/4525-1/

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/4526-1/

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2020-12888

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.html

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-12888

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CBEHRQQZTKJTPQFPY3JAO7MQ4JAFEQNW/

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00009.html

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/19/6

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.html

Url: https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/158871570274.15589.10563806532874116326.stgit@gimli.home/

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CBEHRQQZTKJTPQFPY3JAO7MQ4JAFEQNW/

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00025.html

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NXGMJHWTMQI34NJZ4BHL3ZVF264AWBF2/

Url: https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/158871401328.15589.17598154478222071285.stgit%40gimli.home/

Url: https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/158871401328.15589.17598154478222071285.stgit@gimli.home/

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12888

Url: https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/158871570274.15589.10563806532874116326.stgit%40gimli.home/

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12888

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NXGMJHWTMQI34NJZ4BHL3ZVF264AWBF2/

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00008.html

Url: https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200608-0001/

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2020-12888

Severity Score

5.3

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

CWE-755

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version linux-yocto - 4.10+gitAUTOINC+805ea440c7_b259a5d744;linux-yocto - 4.8.26+gitAUTOINC+1c60e003c7_27efc3ba68;linux-libc-headers - 5.8

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.3
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	HIGH
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	CHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.7
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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