Vulnerability · Published Feb 14, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-8991
Low 2.3
In plain English
A low-severity security flaw in the lvm2 package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 26% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)2.3Low
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 73.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
vg_lookup in daemons/lvmetad/lvmetad-core.c in LVM2 2.02 mismanages memory, leading to an lvmetad memory leak, as demonstrated by running pvs. NOTE: RedHat disputes CVE-2020-8991 as not being a vulnerability since there’s no apparent route to either privilege escalation or to denial of service through the bug
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | lvm2 | 2.03.01-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8991 |
| Debian:13 | lvm2 | 2.03.01-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8991 |
| Debian:14 | lvm2 | 2.03.01-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8991 |