SB2025012758 - Fedora EPEL 9 update for fastd
Published: January 27, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2025012758
Severity
Low
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) Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification) (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-24356)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to an error when handling UDP packets in fast reconnect feature. A remote non-authenticated attacker can send small UDP packets (even a 1-byte packet is enough) to the application and force it to initiate connections to third-party systems using much larger packets.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.