CVE-2020-25645
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CVE-2020-25645 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 7.5/10 on the CVSS scale. A flaw was found in the Linux kernel in versions before 5.9-rc7. Traffic between two Geneve endpoints may be unencrypted when IPsec is configured to encrypt traffic for the specific UDP port used by the GENEVE tunnel allowing anyone between the two endpoints to read the traffic unencrypted. EPSS estimates a 2.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel in versions before 5.9-rc7. Traffic between two Geneve endpoints may be unencrypted when IPsec is configured to encrypt traffic for the specific UDP port used by the GENEVE tunnel allowing anyone between the two endpoints to read the traffic unencrypted. The main threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | < 5.9.0 |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | 5.9.0 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | 9.0 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | 10.0 |
| Netapp | Solidfire \& Hci Management Node | All versions |
| Netapp | Solidfire \& Hci Storage Node | All versions |
| Opensuse | Leap | 15.1 |
| Opensuse | Leap | 15.2 |
| Netapp | Hci Compute Node Bios | All versions |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 14.04 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 16.04 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 18.04 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 20.04 |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00035.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00042.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161229/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0074-1.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1883988Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00028.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00027.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201103-0004/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4774Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00035.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00042.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161229/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0074-1.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1883988Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00028.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00027.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201103-0004/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4774Third Party Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
- Modified
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