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Rewterz Threat Advisory – Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation

Severity

High

Analysis Summary

CVE-2020-14305

Linux Kernel could allow a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by an out-of-bounds memory write flaw in how the Voice Over IP H.323 connection tracking functionality handled connections on ipv6 port 1720. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges on the system.

Impact

Privilege escalation

Affected Vendors

Linux

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

Remediation

Update to latest version.

https://www.kernel.org/

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