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title: "CVE-2020-11091\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2020-11091

Publication date 3 June 2020

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**5.8 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-11091?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

In Weave Net before version 2.6.3, an attacker able to run a process as
root in a container is able to respond to DNS requests from the host and
thereby insert themselves as a fake service. In a cluster with an IPv4
internal network, if IPv6 is not totally disabled on the host (via
ipv6.disable=1 on the kernel cmdline), it will be either unconfigured or
configured on some interfaces, but it's pretty likely that ipv6 forwarding
is disabled, ie /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf//forwarding == 0. Also by default,
/proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf//accept\_ra == 1. The combination of these 2 sysctls
means that the host accepts router advertisements and configure the IPv6
stack using them. By sending rogue router advertisements, an attacker can
reconfigure the host to redirect part or all of the IPv6 traffic of the
host to the attacker controlled container. Even if there was no IPv6
traffic before, if the DNS returns A (IPv4) and AAAA (IPv6) records, many
HTTP libraries will try to connect via IPv6 first then fallback to IPv4,
giving an opportunity to the attacker to respond. If by chance you also
have on the host a vulnerability like last year's RCE in apt
(CVE-2019-3462), you can now escalate to the host. Weave Net version 2.6.3
disables the accept\_ra option on the veth devices that it creates.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| golang-github-weaveworks-mesh-dev | 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 19.10 eoan | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

5.8 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | High |
  | Privileges required | High |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Changed |
  | Confidentiality impact | None |
  | Integrity impact | High |
  | Availability impact | None |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 5.8 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-11091)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11091)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2020-11091)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-11091)

### Other references

* <https://github.com/weaveworks/weave/commit/15f21f1899060f7716c70a8555a084e836f39a60>
* <https://github.com/weaveworks/weave/security/advisories/GHSA-59qg-grp7-5r73>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-11091>