#VU34861 Buffer overflow in libyang - CVE-2019-20391
Published: January 22, 2020 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU34861
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-20391
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
libyang
libyang
Software vendor:
CESNET
CESNET
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
An invalid memory access flaw is present in libyang before v1.0-r3 in the function resolve_feature_value() when an if-feature statement is used inside a bit. Applications that use libyang to parse untrusted input yang files may crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.