CVE-2020-6078

An exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the message-parsing functionality of Videolabs libmicrodns 0.1.0. When parsing mDNS messages in mdns_recv, the return value of the mdns_read_header function is not checked, leading to an uninitialized variable usage that eventually results in a null pointer dereference, leading to service crash. An attacker can send a series of mDNS messages to trigger this vulnerability.
References
Link Resource
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-10 Third Party Advisory
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1001 Exploit Technical Description Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4671 Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:videolabs:libmicrodns:0.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

22 Apr 2022, 19:05

Type Values Removed Values Added
References (GENTOO) https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-10 - (GENTOO) https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-10 - Third Party Advisory
References (DEBIAN) https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4671 - (DEBIAN) https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4671 - Third Party Advisory
CWE CWE-476
CWE-908
First Time Debian
Debian debian Linux
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

19 Apr 2022, 18:16

Type Values Removed Values Added
CWE CWE-908

Information

Published : 2020-03-24 21:15

Updated : 2024-01-21 01:32


NVD link : CVE-2020-6078

Mitre link : CVE-2020-6078

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-6078


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Products Affected

videolabs

  • libmicrodns

debian

  • debian_linux
CWE
CWE-252

Unchecked Return Value