CVE-2020-16166

LOW

Linux kernel <5.7.11 - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The Linux kernel through 5.7.11 allows remote attackers to make observations that help to obtain sensitive information about the internal state of the network RNG, aka CID-f227e3ec3b5c. This is related to drivers/char/random.c and kernel/time/timer.c.

References (15)

Scores

CVSS v3 3.7
EPSS 0.0168
EPSS Percentile 82.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-330
Status published
Products (20)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 20.04
debian/debian_linux 9.0
fedoraproject/fedora 31
fedoraproject/fedora 32
linux/linux_kernel < 5.7.11
netapp/active_iq_unified_manager 9.5
netapp/cloud_volumes_ontap_mediator
... and 10 more
Published Jul 30, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026