Gentoo update for PJSIP



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2023-27585
CWE-ID CWE-119
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Gentoo Linux
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

net-libs/pjproject
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Gentoo

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU77708

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-27585

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within PJSIP DNS resolver. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted DNS request to the application, trigger memory corruption and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.
net-libs/pjproject to version: 2.13.1

Vulnerable software versions

Gentoo Linux: All versions

net-libs/pjproject: before 2.13.1

CPE2.3 External links

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202409-05


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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