SB2020122320 - Resource exhaustion in postsrsd (Alpine package)
Published: December 23, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020122320
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 security vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-35573)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
srs2.c in PostSRSd before 1.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long timestamp tag in an SRS address.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.