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CVE-2020-16166

Published: Jul 30, 2020Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-330
3.7LOW
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
5.2%
Top 8.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

The Linux kernel through 5.7.11 allows remote attackers to make observations that help to obtain sensitive information about the internal state of the network RNG, aka CID-f227e3ec3b5c. This is related to drivers/char/random.c and kernel/time/timer.c.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:HPR:NUI:NS:UC:LI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-330

Affected Products

netapp
commercial·US
active iq unified manager
Hardware Firmware
cloud volumes ontap mediator
Hardware Firmware
e-series santricity os controller
Hardware Firmware
hci bootstrap os
Hardware Firmware
hci management node
Hardware Firmware
solidfire
Hardware Firmware
steelstore cloud integrated storage
Hardware Firmware
storagegrid
Hardware Firmware
Novell Inc.
commercial·US
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP ApplicationsOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
OpenSUSE LeapOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
linux
oss-projectaka the linux kernel
linux kernelOn-premOS
Operating Systems
opensuse
oss-project·DE
leapOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
fedoraproject
oss-project·USaka fedora project
fedoraOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
debian
oss-project·GBaka debian gnu/linux
debian linuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Credential Access
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References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00009.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00047.html
lists.opensuse.org
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2012.07432.pdf
arxiv.org
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