Input validation error in PulseAudio - CVE-2014-3970

 

Input validation error in PulseAudio - CVE-2014-3970

Published: June 11, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU41554
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3970
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Freedesktop.org
Affected software:
PulseAudio

Detailed vulnerability description

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.


How to mitigate CVE-2014-3970

Install update from vendor's website.

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