SB2020112103 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in tcpdump (Alpine package)
Published: November 21, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020112103
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) Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-8037)
CWE-ID: CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
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.
The ppp decapsulator in tcpdump 4.9.3 can be convinced to allocate a large amount of memory.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.