SB2020120310 - Out-of-bounds read in libslirp (Alpine package)
Published: December 3, 2020 Updated: June 22, 2021
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020120310
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.