CVE-2020-27815
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
A flaw was found in the JFS filesystem code in the Linux Kernel which allows a local attacker with the ability to set extended attributes to panic the system, causing memory corruption or escalating privileges. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-27815
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-27815.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 5.10.4.arch1-1 | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 5.10.4-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 5.10.4-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 5.10.4-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 5.10.4-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 5.10.4-1 |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.