Out-of-bounds Write Affecting libmaxminddb package, versions *
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.39% (74th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1804-LIBMAXMINDDB-1038542
- published 10 Nov 2020
- disclosed 6 Nov 2020
Introduced: 6 Nov 2020
CVE-2020-28241 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:18.04
libmaxminddb
.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libmaxminddb
package and not the libmaxminddb
package as distributed by Ubuntu
.
See How to fix?
for Ubuntu:18.04
relevant fixed versions and status.
libmaxminddb before 1.4.3 has a heap-based buffer over-read in dump_entry_data_list in maxminddb.c.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2020-28241
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6WUK4UCOB5FJVK36E22IRLEYGKMUWGBG/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ELTOHZBPO6XVUVADP4DPZBNQCPTYOQBV/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-15
- https://github.com/maxmind/libmaxminddb/compare/1.4.2...1.4.3
- https://github.com/maxmind/libmaxminddb/issues/236
- https://github.com/maxmind/libmaxminddb/pull/237
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00019.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6WUK4UCOB5FJVK36E22IRLEYGKMUWGBG/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ELTOHZBPO6XVUVADP4DPZBNQCPTYOQBV/