SB2020062325 - Out-of-bounds read in ngircd (Alpine package)
Published: June 23, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020062325
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-14148)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the Server-Server protocol implementation in ngIRCd. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the server, trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=109074e626ee071aa249ad8d2ddf537e92b86cf6
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=2262ee222670104854675eb620ffb02f44099c48
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=a55f320251c432679ce44f5f5fae9457e978cd4c
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=b96a3dad09aded07b0c48ca36d3e8c4179d2b248
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=fb13b1c2d8a5e4759b036b9f78902cbd86aeb19a