Out-of-bounds Read Affecting mpd package, versions [,5.9)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.32% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MPD-2380246
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed6 Oct 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 6 Oct 2020

CVE-2020-7466  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mpd to version 5.9 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read. The PPP implementation of MPD before 5.9 allows a remote attacker who can send specifically crafted PPP authentication message to cause the daemon to read beyond allocated memory buffer, which would result in a denial of service condition.

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