SB2020100706 - Denial of service in prayer (Alpine package)
Published: October 7, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020100706
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Partial DoS
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-0900)
CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A local attacker can supply a specially crafted 'query' command and cause the service to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.