CVE-2020-16166

CVE Details

Release Date:

2020-07-30

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.

See more information about CVE-2020-16166 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v3.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	3.7	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	High
Privileges Required:	None	User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged	Confidentiality Impact:	Low
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2020-5962	2020-12-02
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2020-5844	2020-09-11
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2020-5845	2020-09-11
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2020-5848	2020-09-14
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2020-5885	2020-10-12
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2020-5962	2020-12-02
Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel)	ELSA-2020-5473	2020-12-17
Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2020-5848	2020-09-14
Oracle VM version 3.4 (kernel-uek)	OVMSA-2020-0054	2020-12-02

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