Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2019-20806 |
CWE-ID | CWE-476 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Linux kernel Operating systems & Components / Operating system |
Vendor | Linux Foundation |
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU30283
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1:
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-20806
CWE-ID:
CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in the Linux kernel before 5.2. There is a NULL pointer dereference in tw5864_handle_frame() in drivers/media/pci/tw5864/tw5864-video.c, which may cause denial of service, aka CID-2e7682ebfc75. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
MitigationUpdate to version 5.2.
Vulnerable software versionsLinux kernel: 5.0 - 5.1.21
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00022.html
http://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.2
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2e7682ebfc750177a4944eeb56e97a3f05734528
http://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2e7682ebfc750177a4944eeb56e97a3f05734528
http://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00012.html
http://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200619-0001/
http://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4698
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?