Information Exposure Affecting linux-4.19 package, versions <4.19.146-1~deb9u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.28% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-LINUX419-1013392
  • published31 Jul 2020
  • disclosed30 Jul 2020

Introduced: 30 Jul 2020

CVE-2020-16166  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 linux-4.19 to version 4.19.146-1~deb9u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream linux-4.19 package and not the linux-4.19 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

The Linux kernel through 5.7.11 allows remote attackers to make observations that help to obtain sensitive information about the internal state of the network RNG, aka CID-f227e3ec3b5c. This is related to drivers/char/random.c and kernel/time/timer.c.

CVSS Base Scores

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