USN-4683-1

Minh Yuan discovered that the framebuffer console driver in the Linux kernel did not properly handle fonts in some conditions. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly expose sensitive information (kernel memory).

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / linux-oem-5.6

Package

Name: linux-oem-5.6
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-oem-5.6@5.6.0-1039.43?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

5.6.0-1039.43

Affected versions

5.*

5.6.0-1007.7

5.6.0-1008.8

5.6.0-1010.10

5.6.0-1011.11

5.6.0-1013.13

5.6.0-1017.17

5.6.0-1018.18

5.6.0-1020.20

5.6.0-1021.21

5.6.0-1023.23

5.6.0-1026.26

5.6.0-1027.27

5.6.0-1028.28

5.6.0-1031.32

5.6.0-1032.33

5.6.0-1033.35

5.6.0-1034.36

5.6.0-1035.37

5.6.0-1036.39

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "linux-buildinfo-5.6.0-1039-oem",
            "binary_version": "5.6.0-1039.43"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "linux-headers-5.6.0-1039-oem",
            "binary_version": "5.6.0-1039.43"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "linux-image-unsigned-5.6.0-1039-oem",
            "binary_version": "5.6.0-1039.43"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "linux-modules-5.6.0-1039-oem",
            "binary_version": "5.6.0-1039.43"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "linux-oem-5.6-headers-5.6.0-1039",
            "binary_version": "5.6.0-1039.43"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "linux-oem-5.6-tools-5.6.0-1039",
            "binary_version": "5.6.0-1039.43"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "linux-oem-5.6-tools-host",
            "binary_version": "5.6.0-1039.43"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "linux-tools-5.6.0-1039-oem",
            "binary_version": "5.6.0-1039.43"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4683-1.json"

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2020-28974"
        }
    ]
}