What is CVE-2020-35508?

CVE-2020-35508 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.5 out of 10. CVE-2020-35508 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2020-35508?

CVE-2020-35508 has a CVSS score of 4.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2020-35508?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2020-35508 patch availability.

Is CVE-2020-35508 actively exploited?

CVE-2020-35508 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2020-35508

Medium

A flaw possibility of race condition and incorrect initialization of the process id was found in the Linux kernel child/parent process identification handling while filtering signal handlers. A local attacker is able to abuse this flaw to bypass checks to send any signal to a privileged process.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2021-03-26

Last modified 2024-11-21

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.1 score

4.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

Vector string

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

Weakness type

CWE-665

CVE-2020-35508 is classified as CWE-665

See CWE-665 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

3 total

Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1902724

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
GitHub
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b4e00444cab4c3f3fec876dc0cccc8cbb0d1a948

Patch Third Party Advisory
Security
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210513-0006/

Third Party Advisory

Details

CVE ID CVE-2020-35508

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2021-03-26

Modified 2024-11-21

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-35508?

CVE-2020-35508 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.5 out of 10 . CVE-2020-35508 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2020-35508?

CVE-2020-35508 has a CVSS score of 4.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2020-35508?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2020-35508 patch availability.
Is CVE-2020-35508 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2020-35508 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.