CVE-2020-25579

Description

In FreeBSD 12.2-STABLE before r368969, 11.4-STABLE before r369047, 12.2-RELEASE before p3, 12.1-RELEASE before p13 and 11.4-RELEASE before p7 msdosfs(5) was failing to zero-fill a pair of padding fields in the dirent structure, resulting in a leak of three uninitialized bytes.

Category

5.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.34%
Vendor Advisory FreeBSD.org
Affected: n/a FreeBSD
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-21:01.fsdisclosure.asc vendor advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210423-0002/ third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-25579?
CVE-2020-25579 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-25579?
To fix CVE-2020-25579, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-25579 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2020-25579 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2020-25579?
CVE-2020-25579 affects n/a FreeBSD.
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