UBUNTU-CVE-2019-20908

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2019-20908

    Published: 15 Jul 2020Last Modified: 9 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2019-20908
    Aliases:
    USN-4426-1
    USN-4427-1
    USN-4439-1

    Summary:

    Details: An issue was discovered in drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c in the Linux kernel before 5.4. Incorrect access permissions for the efivar_ssdt ACPI variable could be used by attackers to bypass lockdown or secure boot restrictions, aka CID-1957a85b0032.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-20908, https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/06/14/1, https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4, https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1957a85b0032a81e6482ca4aab883643b8dae06e, https://git.zx2c4.com/american-unsigned-language/tree/american-unsigned-language.sh, https://mailarchives.bentasker.co.uk/Mirrors/OSSSec/2020/06-Jun/msg00035.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4426-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4427-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4439-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4440-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-20908

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux-azure

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-azure?arch=source&distro=trusty%2Fesm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.15.0-1092.102~14.04.1

    Affected versions

    4.15.0-1023.24~14.04.1
    4.15.0-1030.31~14.04.1
    4.15.0-1031.32~14.04.1
    4.15.0-1032.33~14.04.2
    4.15.0-1035.36~14.04.2
    4.15.0-1036.38~14.04.2
    4.15.0-1037.39~14.04.2
    4.15.0-1039.41~14.04.2
    4.15.0-1040.44~14.04.1
    4.15.0-1041.45~14.04.1
    4.15.0-1042.46~14.04.1
    4.15.0-1045.49~14.04.1
    4.15.0-1046.50~14.04.1
    4.15.0-1047.51~14.04.1
    4.15.0-1049.54~14.04.1
    4.15.0-1050.55~14.04.1
    4.15.0-1051.56~14.04.1
    4.15.0-1052.57~14.04.1
    4.15.0-1055.60~14.04.1
    4.15.0-1056.61~14.04.1
    4.15.0-1057.62~14.04.1
    4.15.0-1059.64~14.04.1
    4.15.0-1060.65~14.04.1
    4.15.0-1061.66~14.04.1
    4.15.0-1063.68~14.04.1
    4.15.0-1064.69~14.04.1
    4.15.0-1066.71~14.04.1
    4.15.0-1067.72~14.04.1
    4.15.0-1069.74~14.04.1
    4.15.0-1071.76~14.04.1
    4.15.0-1074.79~14.04.1
    4.15.0-1077.82~14.04.1
    4.15.0-1082.92~14.04.1
    4.15.0-1083.93~14.04.1
    4.15.0-1089.99~14.04.1
    4.15.0-1091.101~14.04.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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