SB2020100710 - Improper input validation in prayer (Alpine package)
Published: October 7, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020100710
Severity
Low
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) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14033)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists due to buffer underrun. A remote attacker can provide a specially crafted string to the OpenSSL::ASN1 decode function to cause the target interpreter to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.