SB2019073017 - Denial of service in libopenmpt



SB2019073017 - Denial of service in libopenmpt

Published: July 30, 2019 Updated: October 10, 2019

Security Bulletin ID SB2019073017
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-20860)

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted MED file, pass it to the affected application and perform a denial of service attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.