SB2019101205 - Fedora 29 update for scapy
Published: October 12, 2019 Updated: April 25, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019101205
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) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-1010142)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a lack of input validation while reading the length field in the RADIUS packet’s Attribute Value Pairs (AVP). A remote attacker can send a specially crafted packet that has an AVP with a length byte equal to zero and crash the target system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.