CVE-2020-15704
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-15704
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-15704.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2020-15704
- Downstream
- Published
- 2020-09-01T00:15:09.907Z
- Modified
- 2026-03-14T10:18:26.516016Z
- Severity
-
- 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
The modprobe child process in the ./debian/patches/loadpppgenericifneeded patch file incorrectly handled module loading. A local non-root attacker could exploit the MODPROBE_OPTIONS environment variable to read arbitrary root files. Fixed in 2.4.5-5ubuntu1.4, 2.4.5-5.1ubuntu2.3+esm2, 2.4.7-1+2ubuntu1.16.04.3, 2.4.7-2+2ubuntu1.3, 2.4.7-2+4.1ubuntu5.1, 2.4.7-2+4.1ubuntu6. Was ZDI-CAN-11504.
- References
Affected packages
Git /
Database specific
source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-15704.json"
unresolved_ranges
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