VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-11935
It was discovered that aufs improperly managed inode reference counts in the vfsub_dentry_open() method.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.20%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.20%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
It was discovered that aufs improperly managed inode reference counts in the vfsub_dentry_open() method. A local attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service attack.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.20% probability · 10th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-911
- Affected
- canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux
- Source
- security@ubuntu.com
References
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1873074Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-11935Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1873074Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-11935Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.