CVE-2020-25645 Information

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel in versions before 5.9-rc7. Traffic between two Geneve endpoints may be unencrypted when IPsec is configured to encrypt traffic for the specific UDP port used by the GENEVE tunnel allowing anyone between the two endpoints to read the traffic unencrypted. The main threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00035.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00042.html https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1883988 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00028.html https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201103-0004/ https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4774

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

7.5