CVE-2020-14367 is a medium-severity flaw in chrony versions prior to 3.5.1, affecting various Linux distributions including Canonical, Fedora, and Ubuntu. This vulnerability allows a privileged attacker to create a symbolic link with the PID file name, leading to path traversal, data loss, and denial of service. The CVSS score is 6.0, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring high privileges to impact integrity and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tuxfamily:chrony:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
32CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
20.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
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