CVE-2020-25643 (GCVE-0-2020-25643)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-10-06 00:00
Modified
2024-08-04 15:40
Severity ?
CWE
Summary
A flaw was found in the HDLC_PPP module of the Linux kernel in versions before 5.9-rc7. Memory corruption and a read overflow is caused by improper input validation in the ppp_cp_parse_cr function which can cause the system to crash or cause a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a kernel Version: Linux kernel versions before 5.9-rc7
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