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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15112

In etcd before versions 3.3.23 and 3.4.10, it is possible to have an entry index greater then the number of entries in the ReadAll method in wal/wal.go. This could cause issues when WAL entries are being read during consensus as an arbitrary etcd consensus participant could go down from a runtime panic when reading the entry.

Products
etcd
Affected versions
2.2.0+dfsg-2, 2.2.1+dfsg-1, 2.2.2+dfsg-1, 2.2.2+dfsg-2, 2.2.3+dfsg-1, 2.2.5+dfsg-1, 2.2.5+dfsg-1ubuntu1, 3.1.0-1, 3.2.17+dfsg-1, 3.2.26+dfsg-3, 3.2.26+dfsg-4, 3.2.26+dfsg-6, 3.2.9+dfsg-2, 3.2.9+dfsg-3, 3.3.25+dfsg-6, 3.3.25+dfsg-7, 3.3.25+dfsg-7ubuntu0.22.04.1, 3.3.25+dfsg-7ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm1, 3.3.25+dfsg-7ubuntu0.22.04.2, 3.3.25+dfsg-7ubuntu0.22.04.2+esm1, 3.3.25+dfsg-7ubuntu0.22.04.2+esm2, 3.3.25+dfsg-7ubuntu0.22.04.2+esm3, 3.4.23-4ubuntu2, 3.4.30-1, 3.4.30-1build1, 3.4.30-1ubuntu0.24.04.1, 3.4.30-1ubuntu0.24.04.2, 3.4.30-1ubuntu0.24.04.2+esm1, 3.4.30-1ubuntu0.24.04.3, 3.4.30-1ubuntu0.24.04.3+esm1, 3.4.30-1ubuntu0.24.04.3+esm2, 3.5.16-10, 3.5.16-10ubuntu0.26.04.1~esm1, 3.5.16-4, 3.5.30-2
Fixed versions
3.2.17+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, 3.2.26+dfsg-6ubuntu0.1
CVEs
CVE-2020-15112
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 00:34 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15112

core-osv · Original source

Published 5 Aug 2020, 20:15 UTC

In etcd before versions 3.3.23 and 3.4.10, it is possible to have an entry index greater then the number of entries in the ReadAll method in wal/wal.go. This could cause issues when WAL entries are being read during consensus as an arbitrary etcd consensus participant could go down from a runtime panic when reading the entry.

osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15112

etcd

Fixed versions: Not specified

etcd

Fixed versions: 3.2.17+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

etcd

Fixed versions: 3.2.26+dfsg-6ubuntu0.1

etcd

Fixed versions: Not specified

etcd

Fixed versions: Not specified

etcd

Fixed versions: Not specified

etcd

Fixed versions: Not specified

etcd

Fixed versions: Not specified

Complete source record
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        "https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/security/advisories/GHSA-m332-53r6-2w93",
        "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5628-1",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 354006,
  "published_at": "2020-08-05T20:15:00+00:00"
}