NULL pointer dereference in ZNC - CVE-2010-2488
Published: November 12, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU30625
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-2488
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: ZNC
Affected software:
ZNC
ZNC
Detailed vulnerability description
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 ZNC before 0.092 caused by traffic stats when there are unauthenticated connections. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2010-2488
Update to version 0.092.