Medium severity · published May 18, 2020
CVE-2020-13143
gadget_dev_desc_UDC_store in drivers/usb/gadget/configfs.c in the Linux kernel 3.16 through 5.6.13 relies on kstrdup without considering the possibility of an internal '\0' value,…
6.5
CVSS
5.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
gadget_dev_desc_UDC_store in drivers/usb/gadget/configfs.c in the Linux kernel 3.16 through 5.6.13 relies on kstrdup without considering the possibility of an internal '\0' value, which allows attackers to trigger an out-of-bounds read, aka CID-15753588bcd4.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)5.2% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
3.16 through 5.6.13 · source: NVD
AF
A700s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
AI
Active IQ Unified Manager · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
BO
Bootstrap OS · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
CB
Cloud Backup · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0; 10.0 · source: NVD
ES
Element Software · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H300e Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H300s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H410c Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H410s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H500e Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13143
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-13143
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00022.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00008.html
Mailing List
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/?id=d126cf46f829d146dde3e6a8963e095ac6cfcd1c
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=15753588bcd4bbffae1cca33c8ced5722477fe1f
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00011.html
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00012.html
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