Out-of-Bounds Affecting fastd package, versions <21-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.81% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-FASTD-1545041
  • published23 Oct 2020
  • disclosed22 Oct 2020

Introduced: 22 Oct 2020

CVE-2020-27638  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 fastd to version 21-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream fastd package and not the fastd package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

receive.c in fastd before v21 allows denial of service (assertion failure) when receiving packets with an invalid type code.

CVSS Scores

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