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CVE-2020-8991

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Published: Feb 14, 2020Modified: Nov 21, 2024

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2.3
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Exploitability: 0.8 / Impact: 1.4
Source: NVD

Description

vg_lookup in daemons/lvmetad/lvmetad-core.c in LVM2 2.02 mismanages memory, leading to an lvmetad memory leak, as demonstrated by running pvs. NOTE: RedHat disputes CVE-2020-8991 as not being a vulnerability since there’s no apparent route to either privilege escalation or to denial of service through the bug

Affected (1)

Products: Redhat: Lvm2
Redhat
1 product
Lvm2
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Lvm2
Version 2.02.00

Related CWEs

CWE-401
Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory.

References (2)

Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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