SB2018011611 - Denial of service in tinysvcmdns
Published: January 16, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018011611
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Partial DoS
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-12130)
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists in the mdns_parse_qn function due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can submit a specially crafted packet to trigger NULL pointer dereference and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.