iproute2 before 5.1.0 has a use-after-free in get_netnsid_from_name in ip/ipnetns.c. NOTE: security relevance may be limited to certain uses of setuid that, although not a default, are sometimes a configuration option offered to end users. Even when setuid is used, other factors (such as C library configuration) may block exploitability.
CVE-2019-20795
This medium-severity CVE scores 4.4 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.4% (31st percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 4.4
- EG Score
- 4.4MEDIUMmedium confidence
- EG Risk
- 24EG Risk 24/100CISA SSVC
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity44% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Track or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high. - EPSS PROB
- 0.4%
- EPSS %ILE
- 32nd
- KEV
- Not listed
CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
Exploitation none (no KEV listing, exploit record or EPSS ≥ 50%) · Automatable unknown (not published for this CVE) · Technical impact partial (CVSS below 9.0). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table
Published
May 9, 2020
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (8)
- cve@mitrehttps://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1171452
- cve@mitrehttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/iproute2/iproute2.git/commit/?id=9bf2c538a0eb10d66e2365a655bf6c52f5ba3d10
- cve@mitrehttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-06
- cve@mitrehttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4357-1/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1171452
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/iproute2/iproute2.git/commit/?id=9bf2c538a0eb10d66e2365a655bf6c52f5ba3d10
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-06
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/4357-1/
Patch Availability(1)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fix (by version range) / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | iproute2-doc (4.15.0-2ubuntu1.1) @ bionic | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
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Alpine:v3.10(1)
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Alpine:v3.11(1)
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Alpine:v3.12(1)
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Alpine:v3.13(1)
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Alpine:v3.14(1)
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Alpine:v3.15(1)
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Alpine:v3.16(1)
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Alpine:v3.17(1)
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Alpine:v3.18(1)
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Alpine:v3.19(1)
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Alpine:v3.20(1)
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Alpine:v3.21(1)
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Alpine:v3.22(1)
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Alpine:v3.23(1)
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Alpine:v3.24(1)
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Alpine:v3.9(1)
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| iproute2 | — |
| — |
Debian:11(1)
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| iproute2 | — |
| — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
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| iproute2 | — |
| — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
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| iproute2 | — |
| — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
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| iproute2 | — |
| — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
All Vendor Advisories
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