5.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2020-27673
Xen Linux DoS Denial of Service
Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.9.1, as used with Xen through 4.14.x. Guest OS users can cause a denial of service (host OS hang) via a high rate of events to dom0, aka CID-e99502f76271.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 22, 2020, 9:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 22, 2023, 3:16 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-27673 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Linux linux_kernel
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Opensuse leap
1 Xen xen
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2020-27673.

URL Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00075.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00025.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/19/6 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e99502f76271d6bc4e374fe368c50c67a1fd3070 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e99502f76271d6bc4e374fe368c50c67a1fd3070 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00015.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00027.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-06 Third Party Advisory
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-332.html Patch Third Party Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2020-27673 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-27673 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 22, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration AND *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 5.9.1 *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 4.14.0 OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.6.12 up to (excluding) 4.4.244 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.5.0 up to (excluding) 4.9.244 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.10.0 up to (excluding) 4.14.207 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.15.0 up to (excluding) 4.19.155 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.20.0 up to (excluding) 5.4.75 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.5.0 up to (excluding) 5.9.5 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.10:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 4.14.0
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 26, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00075.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00075.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00025.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00025.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/19/6 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/19/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00015.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00015.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00027.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00027.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-06 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-06 Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 21, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-400 NVD-CWE-noinfo
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 19, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/19/6 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 18, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00027.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 11, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00015.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 11, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-06 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 06, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00025.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 02, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00075.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e99502f76271d6bc4e374fe368c50c67a1fd3070 No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e99502f76271d6bc4e374fe368c50c67a1fd3070 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e99502f76271d6bc4e374fe368c50c67a1fd3070 No Types Assigned https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e99502f76271d6bc4e374fe368c50c67a1fd3070 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-332.html No Types Assigned https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-332.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-400
    Added CPE Configuration AND *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 5.9.1 *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 4.14.0
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-27673 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2020-27673 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.04 }} 0.00%

score

0.12065

percentile

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