Vulnerability · Published May 18, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-13143
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the linux package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 5.2% (higher than 93% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)5.2%top 7.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
gadget_dev_desc_UDC_store in drivers/usb/gadget/configfs.c in the Linux kernel 3.16 through 5.6.13 relies on kstrdup without considering the possibility of an internal '\0' value, which allows attackers to trigger an out-of-bounds read, aka CID-15753588bcd4.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | linux | 5.6.14-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-13143 |
| Debian:13 | linux | 5.6.14-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-13143 |
| Debian:14 | linux | 5.6.14-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-13143 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-intel-iot-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-13143 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-raspi-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-13143 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-13143 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-13143 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=15753588bcd4bbffae1cca33c8ced5722477fe1f x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-usb/msg194331.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200608-0001/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200609 [SECURITY] [DLA 2241-1] linux security update mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200610 [SECURITY] [DLA 2242-1] linux-4.9 security update mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200610 [SECURITY] [DLA 2241-2] linux security update mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- DSA-4698 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
- DSA-4699 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0801 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0935 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
- USN-4413-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
- USN-4411-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
- USN-4412-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
- USN-4419-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
- USN-4414-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/?id=d126cf46f829d146dde3e6a8963e095ac6cfcd1c x_refsource_MISC