Resource Exhaustion Affecting zeromq3 package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.41% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-ZEROMQ3-9889242
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed7 Sept 2020

Introduced: 7 Sep 2020

CVE-2020-15166  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 zeromq3.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream zeromq3 package and not the zeromq3 package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

In ZeroMQ before version 4.3.3, there is a denial-of-service vulnerability. Users with TCP transport public endpoints, even with CURVE/ZAP enabled, are impacted. If a raw TCP socket is opened and connected to an endpoint that is fully configured with CURVE/ZAP, legitimate clients will not be able to exchange any message. Handshakes complete successfully, and messages are delivered to the library, but the server application never receives them. This is patched in version 4.3.3.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1