vulnerability
VMware Photon OS: CVE-2020-25643
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:C) | 2020-10-06 | 2025-01-20 | 2025-02-04 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:C)
Published
2020-10-06
Added
2025-01-20
Modified
2025-02-04
Description
A flaw was found in the HDLC_PPP module of the Linux kernel in versions before 5.9-rc7. Memory corruption and a read overflow is caused by improper input validation in the ppp_cp_parse_cr function which can cause the system to crash or cause a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
Solution
vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
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