#VU20023 Out-of-bounds read in FreeBSD - CVE-2019-5610
Published: August 9, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU20023
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5610
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
FreeBSD
FreeBSD
Software vendor:
FreeBSD Foundation
FreeBSD Foundation
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the bsnmp software library when decoding ASN.1 data in SNMP packets. A remote authenticated user can send specially crafted SNMP packets, trigger out-of-bounds read error and perform denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.