1) Infinite loop

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3: 6.9 [CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:C] [PCI]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-28928

CWE-ID: CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop within the wcsnrtombs() function in musl libc. A remote attacker can consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

musl libc: 0.5.0, 0.5.9, 0.6.0, 0.7.0, 0.7.1, 0.7.5, 0.7.6, 0.7.7, 0.7.8, 0.7.9, 0.7.10, 0.7.11, 0.7.12, 0.8.0, 0.8.1, 0.8.2, 0.8.3, 0.8.4, 0.8.5, 0.8.6, 0.8.7, 0.8.8, 0.8.9, 0.8.10, 0.9.0, 0.9.1, 0.9.3, 0.9.4, 0.9.5, 0.9.6, 0.9.7, 0.9.8, 0.9.9, 0.9.10, 0.9.11, 0.9.12, 0.9.13, 0.9.14, 0.9.15, 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.5, 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.1.4, 1.1.5, 1.1.6, 1.1.7, 1.1.8, 1.1.9, 1.1.10, 1.1.11, 1.1.12, 1.1.13, 1.1.14, 1.1.15, 1.1.16, 1.1.17, 1.1.18, 1.1.19, 1.1.20, 1.1.21, 1.1.22, 1.1.23, 1.1.24, 1.2.0, 1.2.1

CPE

• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:1.2.1:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:1.2.0:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:1.1.24:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:1.1.23:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:1.1.22:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:1.1.21:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:1.1.20:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:1.1.19:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:1.1.18:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:1.1.17:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:1.1.16:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:1.1.15:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:1.1.14:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:1.1.13:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:1.1.12:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:1.1.11:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:1.1.10:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:1.1.9:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:1.1.8:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:1.1.7:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:1.1.6:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:1.1.5:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:1.1.4:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:1.1.3:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:1.1.2:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:1.1.1:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:1.1.0:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:1.0.5:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:1.0.4:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:1.0.3:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:1.0.2:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:1.0.1:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:1.0.0:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:0.9.15:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:0.9.14:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:0.9.13:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:0.9.12:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:0.9.11:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:0.9.10:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:0.9.9:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:0.9.8:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:0.9.7:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:0.9.6:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:0.9.5:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:0.9.4:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:0.9.3:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:0.9.1:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:0.9.0:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:0.8.10:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:0.8.9:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:0.8.8:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:0.8.7:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:0.8.6:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:0.8.5:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:0.8.4:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:0.8.3:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:0.8.2:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:0.8.1:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:0.8.0:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:0.7.12:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:0.7.11:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:0.7.10:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:0.7.9:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:0.7.8:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:0.7.7:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:0.7.6:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:0.7.5:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:0.7.1:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:0.7.0:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:0.6.0:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:0.5.9:
• cpe:/a:gnu:musl:0.5.0:

External links

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q4/152

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.