Denial of Service (DoS) Affecting ifax/hylafax package, versions [,4.1.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
6.49% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-IFAXHYLAFAX-2364992
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed4 Oct 2002
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 4 Oct 2002

CVE-2002-1050  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade ifax/hylafax to version 4.1.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS). Buffer overflow in HylaFAX faxgetty before 4.1.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary code, via a long line of image data.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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