Buffer overflow in ReadyMedia - CVE-2020-28926

 

Buffer overflow in ReadyMedia - CVE-2020-28926

Published: November 30, 2020 / Updated: December 3, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU48774
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-28926
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in memcpy/memmove. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted UPnP HTTP request, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Affected software

ReadyMedia
Arch Linux
Ubuntu
minidlna (Debian package)
minidlna (Alpine package)
minidlna (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2020-28926

Install updates from vendor's website.

ReadyMedia - update to 1.3.0
minidlna (Debian package) - update to 1.2.1+dfsg-2+deb10u1
minidlna (Alpine package) - update to 1.2.1-r2
minidlna (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1.1.5+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1, 1.2.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1, 1.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.18.04.1, 1.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.20.04.1

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