SB2021012232 - Gentoo update for KDE Connect
Published: January 22, 2021
Security Bulletin ID
SB2021012232
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Adjecent network
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-2020-26164)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when processing network packets. A remote attacker on a local network can send specially crafted packets to other hosts running kdeconnect and cause the application to consume large amounts of CPU and memory.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.