Vulnerability identifier: #VU34866

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-20396

CWE-ID: CWE-20

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
libyang
Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products

Vendor: CESNET

Description

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

A segmentation fault is present in yyparse in libyang before v1.0-r1 due to a malformed pattern statement value during lys_parse_path parsing.

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

libyang: 0.11 - 0.16

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External links
http://github.com/CESNET/libyang/commit/a1f17693904ed6fecc8902c747fc50a8f20e6af8
http://github.com/CESNET/libyang/compare/v0.16-r3...v1.0-r1
http://github.com/CESNET/libyang/issues/740

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.