#VU24893 Stack-based buffer overflow in Mini SNMP daemon - CVE-2020-6060

 

#VU24893 Stack-based buffer overflow in Mini SNMP daemon - CVE-2020-6060

Published: February 4, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU24893
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-6060
CWE-ID: CWE-121
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Mini SNMP daemon
Software vendor:
Joachim Nilsson

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when the affected system handles multiple connections. A remote unauthenticated attacker can use a specially timed sequence of SNMP connections, trigger stack-based buffer overflow and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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