NULL pointer dereference in libmysofa - CVE-2020-36148
Published: October 3, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU57003
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-36148
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in verifyAttribute function in the libmysofa library 0.5 - 1.1. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
libmysofa
Fedora
libmysofa
Fedora
libmysofa
How to mitigate CVE-2020-36148
Install update from vendor's website.
libmysofa - update to 1.2
libmysofa - addressed in versions 1.2-4.el7, 1.2-4.el8, 1.2-4.fc32
libmysofa - addressed in versions 1.2-4.el7, 1.2-4.el8, 1.2-4.fc32