CVE-2019-20795
4.4
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.13%
Description
iproute2 before 5.1.0 has a use-after-free in get_netnsid_from_name in ip/ipnetns.c. NOTE: security relevance may be limited to certain uses of setuid that, although not a default, are sometimes a configuration option offered to end users. Even when setuid is used, other factors (such as C library configuration) may block exploitability.
How to fix CVE-2019-20795
To remediate CVE-2019-20795, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 4.20.0-r2 or later
- —upgrade to 5.2.0-1 or later
Is CVE-2019-20795 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 4.20.0-r2
- from 0, < 5.2.0-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM4.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |