CVE-2020-15780
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CVE-2020-15780 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6.7/10 on the CVSS scale. An issue was discovered in drivers/acpi/acpi_configfs.c in the Linux kernel before 5.7.7. Injection of malicious ACPI tables via configfs could be used by attackers to bypass lockdown and secure boot restrictions, aka CID-75b0cea7bf30.. EPSS estimates a 1.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
An issue was discovered in drivers/acpi/acpi_configfs.c in the Linux kernel before 5.7.7. Injection of malicious ACPI tables via configfs could be used by attackers to bypass lockdown and secure boot restrictions, aka CID-75b0cea7bf30.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | < 5.7.7 |
| Opensuse | Leap | 15.1 |
| Opensuse | Leap | 15.2 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 16.04 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 18.04 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 20.04 |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00009.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00047.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/20/7Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/29/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/30/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/30/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.7.7Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://git.zx2c4.com/american-unsigned-language/tree/american-unsigned-language-2.shPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4425-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4426-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4439-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4440-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/06/15/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00009.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00047.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/20/7Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/29/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/30/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/30/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.7.7Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://git.zx2c4.com/american-unsigned-language/tree/american-unsigned-language-2.shPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4425-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4426-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4439-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4440-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/06/15/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
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