Out-of-bounds read in usrsctp - CVE-2019-20503

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Out-of-bounds read in usrsctp - CVE-2019-20503

Published: March 10, 2020 / Updated: January 11, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU25856
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-20503
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in sctp_load_addresses_from_init in usrsctp. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.


Affected software

usrsctp
SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise
Gentoo Linux
Arch Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
CentOS
Fedora
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
Oracle Solaris
Slackware Linux
SUSE Linux
Opensuse
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
firefox (Ubuntu package)
thunderbird (Debian package)
firefox-esr (Debian package)
firefox-esr (Alpine package)
thunderbird (Ubuntu package)
firefox (Alpine package)
thunderbird (Red Hat package)
mozjs68 (Alpine package)
thunderbird (Alpine package)
chromium (Alpine package)
chromium (Debian package)
chromium-browser (Red Hat package)
chromium
Firefox ESR
Mozilla Firefox
Google Chrome
Mozilla Thunderbird

How to mitigate CVE-2019-20503

Install update from vendor's website.

usrsctp - update to 0.9.4.0
firefox (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 74.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, 74.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 74.0+build3-0ubuntu0.19.10.1
thunderbird (Debian package) - addressed in versions 1:68.6.0-1~deb9u1, 1:68.6.0-1~deb10u1
Firefox ESR - update to 68.6.0
Mozilla Thunderbird - update to 68.6.0
firefox-esr (Debian package) - addressed in versions 68.6.0esr-1~deb9u1, 68.6.0esr-1~deb10u1
firefox-esr (Alpine package) - update to 68.6.0-r0
Mozilla Firefox - update to 74.0
thunderbird (Ubuntu package) - update to 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
firefox (Alpine package) - update to 74.0-r0
thunderbird (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 68.6.0-1.el6_10, 68.6.0-1.el7_7, 68.6.0-1.el8_0, 68.6.0-1.el8_1
mozjs68 (Alpine package) - update to 68.6.0-r0
thunderbird (Alpine package) - update to 68.7.0-r0
chromium (Alpine package) - update to 80.0.3987.149-r0
chromium (Debian package) - update to 80.0.3987.149-1~deb10u1
Google Chrome - update to 80.0.3987.149
chromium-browser (Red Hat package) - update to 80.0.3987.149-1.el6_10
chromium - addressed in versions 80.0.3987.149-1.el7, 80.0.3987.149-1.el8, 80.0.3987.149-1.fc30, 80.0.3987.149-1.fc31, 80.0.3987.149-1.fc32, 80.0.3987.162-1.el7, 80.0.3987.162-1.el8, 80.0.3987.163-1.el7, 80.0.3987.163-1.el8, 81.0.4044.113-1.el7, 81.0.4044.113-1.el8, 81.0.4044.113-2.el7, 81.0.4044.113-2.el8, 81.0.4044.122-1.el7, 81.0.4044.122-1.el8, 81.0.4044.138-1.el7, 81.0.4044.138-1.el8

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