Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information Affecting kernel package, versions <0:4.14.200-155.322.amzn2
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-KERNEL-1687559
- published 27 Sep 2021
- disclosed 13 Oct 2020
Introduced: 13 Oct 2020
CVE-2020-25645 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 kernel to version 0:4.14.200-155.322.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2020-1520.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel package and not the kernel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux.
See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel in versions before 5.9-rc7. Traffic between two Geneve endpoints may be unencrypted when IPsec is configured to encrypt traffic for the specific UDP port used by the GENEVE tunnel allowing anyone between the two endpoints to read the traffic unencrypted. The main threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality.
References
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201103-0004/
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-25645
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4774
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161229/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0074-1.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1883988
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00028.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00027.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00035.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00042.html