CVE-2019-20795

Publication date 9 May 2020

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

4.4 · Medium

Score breakdown

iproute2 before 5.1.0 has a use-after-free in get_netnsid_from_name in ip/ipnetns.c. NOTE: security relevance may be limited to certain uses of setuid that, although not a default, are sometimes a configuration option offered to end users. Even when setuid is used, other factors (such as C library configuration) may block exploitability.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
iproute2 20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
19.10 eoan
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-2ubuntu1.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected

Notes

leosilva

vulnerability introduced in v4.15.0

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 4.4 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H