SB2020090353 - Out-of-bounds read in busybox (Alpine package)
Published: September 3, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020090353
CSH 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 vulnerability.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-20176)
CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition when processing RDP packets in sec_parse_crypt_info() and sec_recv() functionsin secure.cfile. A remote attacker can trick the victim that is using the vulnerable RDP client to connect to malicious RDP server, trigger out-of-bounds read error and perform denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.