CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2020-8991

** DISPUTED ** vg_lookup in daemons/lvmetad/lvmetad-core.c in LVM2 2.02 mismanages memory, leading to an lvmetad memory leak, as demonstrated by running pvs. NOTE: RedHat disputes CVE-2020-8991 as not being a vulnerability since there’s no apparent route to either privilege escalation or to denial of service through the bug.

2.1 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

2.3 /10

CVSS v3.0 : LOW

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 0.8 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=lvm2.git;a=commit;h=bcf9556b8fcd16ad8997f80cc92785f295c66701 Mailing List Patch
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:redhat:lvm2:2.02.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2020-02-14 05:15

Updated : 2022-01-01 07:52

NVD link : CVE-2020-8991

Mitre link : CVE-2020-8991

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-401