Race Condition Affecting janus package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-JANUS-582847
  • published14 Mar 2020
  • disclosed14 Mar 2020

Introduced: 14 Mar 2020

CVE-2020-10575  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:20.04 janus.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream janus package and not the janus package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:20.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in Janus through 0.9.1. plugins/janus_videocall.c in the VideoCall plugin mishandles session management because a race condition causes some references to be freed too early or too many times.

CVSS Scores

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