Input validation error in PulseAudio - CVE-2014-3970
Published: June 11, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41554
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3970
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
The pa_rtp_recv function in modules/rtp/rtp.c in the module-rtp-recv module in PulseAudio 5.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and abort) via an empty UDP packet.
Affected software
PulseAudio
How to mitigate CVE-2014-3970
Install update from vendor's website.
External References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0440.html
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/pulseaudio-discuss/2014-May/020740.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/429
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/437
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60624
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:134
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67814