SB2020042938 - Unchecked Return Value in vlc (Alpine package)
Published: April 29, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020042938
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) Unchecked Return Value (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-6078)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists within the message-parsing functionality due to the "mdns_read_header" function is not checked when parsing mDNS messages in "mdns_recv". A remote attacker can send a specially crafted mDNS message and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.