SB2020102508 - Fedora EPEL 8 update for fastd
Published: October 25, 2020 Updated: April 25, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020102508
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) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-27638)
CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
receive.c in fastd before v21 allows denial of service (assertion failure) when receiving packets with an invalid type code.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.