SB2020112716 - Denial of service in libslirp 



SB2020112716 - Denial of service in libslirp

Published: November 27, 2020 Updated: June 22, 2021

Security Bulletin ID SB2020112716
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-29129)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to buffer over-read in ncsi.c when processing ARP/NCSI packets in 'arp_input' or 'ncsi_input' routines, because the libslirp library tries to read a certain amount of header data even if that exceeds the total packet length. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.


2) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-29130)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to buffer over-read in slirp.c when processing ARP/NCSI packets in 'arp_input' or 'ncsi_input' routines, because the libslirp library tries to read a certain amount of header data even if that exceeds the total packet length. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.