CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-27673

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.9.1, as used with Xen through 4.14.x. Guest OS users can cause a denial of service (host OS hang) via a high rate of events to dom0, aka CID-e99502f76271.

How to fix

Remediation Available

linuxDebian

Fixed in:5.9.6-1CVE-2020-27673

Fixed in:5.9.6-1CVE-2020-27673

Fixed in:5.9.6-1CVE-2020-27673

Fixed in:5.9.6-1CVE-2020-27673

linux-hwe-5.8Ubuntu

Fixed in:5.8.0-44.50~20.04.1USN-4751-1

linux-image-5.8.0-44-genericUbuntu

Fixed in:5.8.0-44.50~20.04.1USN-4751-1

linux-image-5.8.0-44-generic-lpaeUbuntu

Fixed in:5.8.0-44.50~20.04.1USN-4751-1

linux-image-5.8.0-44-lowlatencyUbuntu

Fixed in:5.8.0-44.50~20.04.1USN-4751-1

linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-20.04Ubuntu

Fixed in:5.8.0.44.50~20.04.30USN-4751-1

linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04Ubuntu

Fixed in:5.8.0.44.50~20.04.30USN-4751-1

linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-20.04Ubuntu

Fixed in:5.8.0.44.50~20.04.30USN-4751-1

linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04Ubuntu

Fixed in:5.8.0.44.50~20.04.30USN-4751-1

linux-image-virtual-hwe-20.04Ubuntu

Fixed in:5.8.0.44.50~20.04.30USN-4751-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.41%probability of exploitation in 30 days

33rdpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 33% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch3

Third-Party Advisory6

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