SB2020042939 - Resource exhaustion in vlc (Alpine package)
Published: April 29, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020042939
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-2020-6079)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to encountering errors while parsing mDNS messages in the "rr_decode" function in the resource allocation handling. A remote attacker can send mDNS messages, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.