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Medium
CVE-2019-20908
An issue was discovered in drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c in the Linux kernel...
Vulnerability Description
An issue was discovered in drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c in the Linux kernel before 5.4. Incorrect access permissions for the efivar_ssdt ACPI variable could be used by attackers to bypass lockdown or secure boot restrictions, aka CID-1957a85b0032.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://git.zx2c4.com/american-unsigned-language/tree/american-unsigned-language.sh
- https://mailarchives.bentasker.co.uk/Mirrors/OSSSec/2020/06-Jun/msg00035.html
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1957a85b0032a81e6482ca4aab883643b8dae06e
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/20/6
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4427-1/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/29/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/30/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/30/2
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4439-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4426-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4440-1/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00009.html
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
linux kernel, leap, ubuntu linux
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 15.1, 16.04, 18.04
Timeline
Official Publish:
July 15th, 2020
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.