Description
iproute2 before 5.1.0 has a use-after-free in get_netnsid_from_name in ip/ipnetns.c. NOTE: security relevance may be limited to certain uses of setuid that, although not a default, are sometimes a configuration option offered to end users. Even when setuid is used, other factors (such as C library configuration) may block exploitability.
Published: 2020-05-09
Score: 4.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-11332 iproute2 before 5.1.0 has a use-after-free in get_netnsid_from_name in ip/ipnetns.c. NOTE: security relevance may be limited to certain uses of setuid that, although not a default, are sometimes a configuration option offered to end users. Even when setuid is used, other factors (such as C library configuration) may block exploitability.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4357-1 IPRoute vulnerability
History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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{'score': 0.00084}

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{'score': 0.00031}


Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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{'score': 0.0011}

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{'score': 0.00084}


Subscriptions

Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Iproute2 Project Iproute2
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T02:53:09.086Z

Reserved: 2020-05-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-20795

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-05-09T21:15:10.913

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:39:22.943

Link: CVE-2019-20795

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2019-05-05T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2019-20795 - Bugzilla

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