CVE-2020-14040
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
RHSA-2020:4694: container-tools:rhel8 security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Moderate)
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 0.3.3-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 0.3.3-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 0.3.3-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0.3.3-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0.3.3-1 |
Red Hat Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Fixed | — |
Rocky Linux Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Fixed | — |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | golang.org/x/text | <0.3.3 | 0.3.3 |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14040.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14040
- https://github.com/golang/go/issues/39491
- https://github.com/golang/text/commit/23ae387dee1f90d29a23c0e87ee0b46038fbed0e
- https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/text/+/238238
- https://go.dev/cl/238238
- https://go.dev/issue/39491
- https://go.googlesource.com/text/+/23ae387dee1f90d29a23c0e87ee0b46038fbed0e
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/golang-announce/bXVeAmGOqz0
- https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/bXVeAmGOqz0
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TACQFZDPA7AUR6TRZBCX2RGRFSDYLI7O
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-14040
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2020:4694
- https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2020-4694.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3665
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4694
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.