Vulnerability CVE-2021-20269

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2021-20269 (CCN-198071)

Assigned:

2020-12-17

Published:

2021-03-02

Updated:

2023-02-12

Summary:

A flaw was found in the permissions of a log file created by kexec-tools. This flaw allows a local unprivileged user to read this file and leak kernel internal information from a previous panic. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality. This flaw affects kexec-tools shipped by Fedora versions prior to 2.0.21-8 and RHEL versions prior to 2.0.20-47.

CVSS v3 Severity:

5.5 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
4.9 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): Low User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): High Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): None

4.7 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
4.2 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): High Privileges Required (PR): Low User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): High Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): None

4.7 Medium (REDHAT CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
4.2 Medium (REDHAT Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): High Privileges Required (PR): Low User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): High Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): None

CVSS v2 Severity:

2.1 Low (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Low Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Partial Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): None

3.8 Low (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): High Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Complete Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): None