ghsa-6c68-84gq-j9gr
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-24 17:24
Modified
2022-05-24 17:24
Severity ?
3.7 (Low) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Details

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.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2020-16166"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-200",
      "CWE-330"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2020-07-30T21:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-6c68-84gq-j9gr",
  "modified": "2022-05-24T17:24:44Z",
  "published": "2022-05-24T17:24:44Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16166"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f227e3ec3b5cad859ad15666874405e8c1bbc1d4"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://arxiv.org/pdf/2012.07432.pdf"
    },
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f227e3ec3b5cad859ad15666874405e8c1bbc1d4"
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00025.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.html"
    },
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      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AAPTLPAEKVAJYJ4LHN7VH4CN2W75R2YW"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MFBCLQWJI5I4G25TVJNLXLAXJ4MERQNW"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200814-0004"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4525-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4526-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00009.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00047.html"
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    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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