CVE-2020-16166
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-330
Use of Insufficiently Random Value
Publication date:
30/07/2020
Last modified:
07/11/2023
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.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
3.70
Severity 3.x
LOW
Base Score 2.0
4.30
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.7.11 (including) | |
| cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:*:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:* | 9.5 (including) | |
| cpe:2.3:a:netapp:cloud_volumes_ontap_mediator:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:netapp:e-series_santricity_os_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 11.0.0 (including) | 11.60.3 (including) |
| cpe:2.3:a:netapp:hci_bootstrap_os:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:netapp:hci_management_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00009.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00047.html
- https://arxiv.org/pdf/2012.07432.pdf
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f227e3ec3b5cad859ad15666874405e8c1bbc1d4
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c51f8f88d705e06bd696d7510aff22b33eb8e638
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f227e3ec3b5cad859ad15666874405e8c1bbc1d4
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00025.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AAPTLPAEKVAJYJ4LHN7VH4CN2W75R2YW/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MFBCLQWJI5I4G25TVJNLXLAXJ4MERQNW/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200814-0004/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4525-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4526-1/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html



