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USN-4694-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

Severity

High

Vendor

Canonical Ubuntu

Versions Affected

  • Canonical Ubuntu 14.04
  • Canonical Ubuntu 16.04

Description

It was discovered that the LIO SCSI target implementation in the Linux kernel performed insufficient identifier checking in certain XCOPY requests. An attacker with access to at least one LUN in a multiple backstore environment could use this to expose sensitive information or modify data.

CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2020-28374.

Affected Cloud Foundry Products and Versions

Severity is high unless otherwise noted.

  • Xenial Stemcells
    • 456.x versions prior to 456.133
    • 621.x versions prior to 621.97
    • All other stemcells not listed.

Mitigation

Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigations below. The Cloud Foundry project recommends upgrading the following releases:

  • Xenial Stemcells
    • Upgrade 456.x versions to 456.133 or greater
    • Upgrade 621.x versions to 621.97 or greater
    • All other stemcells should be upgraded to the latest version available on bosh.io.

History

2021-02-10: Initial vulnerability report published.

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