SB2023112074 - Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenBSD



SB2023112074 - Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenBSD

Published: November 20, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023112074
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 3
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 33% Low 67%
  • Low
  • Medium
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  • Critical

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: N/A)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to the way ospfd(8) handles simple passwords of 8 characters long, which result in ospfd sending out packets with invalid checksum.


2) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: N/A)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in httpd when handling a malformed fastcgi request. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


3) Input validation error (CVE-ID: N/A)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of long sequences of UTF-8 combining character in tmux. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.