SB2021082517 - Information disclosure in libfetch
Published: August 25, 2021
Security Bulletin ID
SB2021082517
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-36159)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition when handling numeric strings for the FTP and HTTP protocols in strtol. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application, trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system or perform a denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.