Input validation error in zeromq - CVE-2014-7203
Published: October 8, 2014 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33835
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-7203
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.
libzmq (aka ZeroMQ/C++) 4.0.x before 4.0.5 does not ensure that nonces are unique, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to conduct replay attacks via unspecified vectors.
Affected software
zeromq
zeromq (Alpine package)
zeromq (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2014-7203
Install update from vendor's website.
zeromq (Alpine package) - update to 4.0.5-r0
External References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00027.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00101.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/754
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/776
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62262
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70157
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96242
- https://github.com/zeromq/libzmq/issues/1191
- https://github.com/zeromq/libzmq/pull/1189