CVE-2020-16261 Winston 1.5.4 devices allow a U-Boot interrupt, resulting in local root access.
Medium 6.8
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-16261 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2020-16261 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Oct 2020.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-16261 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-16261/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-16261/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-16261?
CVE-2020-16261 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Oct 2020.
Official description
Winston 1.5.4 devices allow a U-Boot interrupt, resulting in local root access.
Weakness: CWE-284
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-16261?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Winstonprivacy Winston Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2020-16261?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-16261 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-16261 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-16261 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
- CVE-2020-16257 Winston 1.5.4 devices are vulnerable to command injection via the API.
- CVE-2020-16259 Hardcoded credentials in n/a
- CVE-2020-16263 Winston 1.5.4 devices have a CORS configuration that trusts arbitrary origins.
- CVE-2020-16256 The API on Winston 1.5.4 devices is vulnerable to CSRF.
- CVE-2020-16262 Winston 1.5.4 devices have a local www-data user that is overly permissioned, resulting in root privilege escalation.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8gwv-wgm9-cqj9.