Out-of-bounds read in ngIRCd - CVE-2020-14148
Published: August 3, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32982
CSH Severity: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-14148
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
ngIRCd
ngIRCd
Software vendor:
Barton, Alexander
Barton, Alexander
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the Server-Server protocol implementation in ngIRCd. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the server, trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
External links
- https://github.com/ngircd/ngircd/issues/274
- https://github.com/ngircd/ngircd/issues/277
- https://github.com/ngircd/ngircd/pull/275
- https://github.com/ngircd/ngircd/pull/276
- https://github.com/ngircd/ngircd/releases/tag/rel-26-rc2
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00023.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BJOYV5GHUFJMUVQW3TJKXZ7JPXL4W3ER/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JZRYFJIA6ZKOH7U4K5WH5OL7OKXE4N52/