CVE-2020-7453
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CVE-2020-7453 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6/10 on the CVSS scale. In FreeBSD 12.1-STABLE before r359021, 12.1-RELEASE before 12.1-RELEASE-p3, 11.3-STABLE before r359020, and 11.3-RELEASE before 11.3-RELEASE-p7, a missing null termination check in the jail_set configuration option "osrelease" may return more bytes with a subsequent jail_get system call allowing a malicious jail superuser with permission to create nested jails to read kernel memory.. EPSS estimates a 0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
In FreeBSD 12.1-STABLE before r359021, 12.1-RELEASE before 12.1-RELEASE-p3, 11.3-STABLE before r359020, and 11.3-RELEASE before 11.3-RELEASE-p7, a missing null termination check in the jail_set configuration option "osrelease" may return more bytes with a subsequent jail_get system call allowing a malicious jail superuser with permission to create nested jails to read kernel memory.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Freebsd | Freebsd | 11.3 |
| Freebsd | Freebsd | 12.1 |
References
- https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-20:08.jail.ascPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-20:08.jail.ascPatch, Vendor Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
- Modified
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