CVE-2020-25577
highpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.015 · 74 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
In FreeBSD 12.2-STABLE before r368250, 11.4-STABLE before r368253, 12.2-RELEASE before p1, 12.1-RELEASE before p11 and 11.4-RELEASE before p5 rtsold(8) does not verify that the RDNSS option does not extend past the end of the received packet before processing its contents. While the kernel currently ignores such malformed packets, it passes them to userspace programs. Any programs expecting the kernel to do validation may be vulnerable to an overflow.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 9–10
weaknesses
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affected products (4)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- n/a FreeBSD≤ FreeBSD 12.2-RELEASE before p1, 12.1-RELEASE before p11, 11.4-RELEASE before p5enisa_euvdEU
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (9)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25577cnnvd
- https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-20:32.rtsold.asccnnvd
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210423-0001/cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/FreeBSD-code-execution-via-rtsold-34023cnnvd
- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-20:32.rtsold.ascPatchcnnvd
- https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-20:32.rtsold.ascenisa_euvd
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210423-0001/enisa_euvd
- https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-20:32.rtsold.ascVendor Advisorynvd
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