Resource Exhaustion Affecting capnproto package, versions <0.4.1-3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.89% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-CAPNPROTO-280010
  • published9 Aug 2017
  • disclosed9 Aug 2017

Introduced: 9 Aug 2017

CVE-2015-2312  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable capnproto to version 0.4.1-3 or higher.

NVD Description

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

Sandstorm Cap'n Proto before 0.4.1.1 and 0.5.x before 0.5.1.1 allows remote peers to cause a denial of service (CPU and possibly general resource consumption) via a list with a large number of elements.