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CVE-2020-16166
Published: Jul 30, 2020
Modified: Aug 4, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
openSUSE-SU-2020:1153
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
FEDORA-2020-8d634e31c0
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
FEDORA-2020-2cd6393548
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
openSUSE-SU-2020:1236
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
USN-4526-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-4525-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
[debian-lts-announce] 20200928 [SECURITY] [DLA 2385-1] linux-4.19 security update
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
[debian-lts-announce] 20201030 [SECURITY] [DLA 2420-1] linux security update
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
[debian-lts-announce] 20201031 [SECURITY] [DLA 2420-2] linux regression update
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
x_refsource_MISC
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200814-0004/
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2012.07432.pdf
x_refsource_MISC
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