CVE-2020-8991

Published Feb 14, 2020

Last updated 3 months ago

Overview

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
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Modified
CNA Tags
disputed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
2.3
Impact score
1.4
Exploitability score
0.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Severity
LOW

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
2.1
Impact score
2.9
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-401

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations