NULL pointer dereference in coTURN - CVE-2020-6062

 

NULL pointer dereference in coTURN - CVE-2020-6062

Published: February 20, 2020 / Updated: April 30, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU25493
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-6062
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error when web server parses POST requests. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

coTURN
Debian Linux
Fedora
Ubuntu
coturn (Ubuntu package)
coturn (Debian package)
coturn

How to mitigate CVE-2020-6062

Install update from vendor's website.

coTURN - update to 4.5.1.2
coturn (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 4.5.0.3-1ubuntu0.3, 4.5.0.7-1ubuntu2.18.04.2, 4.5.1.1-1.1ubuntu0.19.10.1, 4.5.1.1-1.1ubuntu0.20.04.1
coturn (Debian package) - addressed in versions 4.5.0.5-1+deb9u2, 4.5.1.1-1.1+deb10u1
coturn - addressed in versions 4.5.1.1-3.el7, 4.5.1.1-3.el8, 4.5.1.1-3.fc30, 4.5.1.1-3.fc31, 4.5.1.1-3.fc32

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