SB2021060949 - Denial of service in ConnMan dnsproxy
Published: June 9, 2021 Updated: September 19, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2021060949
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) Stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-33833)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the dnsproxy component in the uncompress function when unpacking NAME and RDATA/RDLENGTH fields with TYPE A/AAAA. A remote attacker can send specially crafted DNS packet to the ConnMan and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.