CVE-2018-20102 (GCVE-0-2018-20102)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-12-12 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 11:51
VLAI
Summary
An out-of-bounds read in dns_validate_dns_response in dns.c was discovered in HAProxy through 1.8.14. Due to a missing check when validating DNS responses, remote attackers might be able read the 16 bytes corresponding to an AAAA record from the non-initialized part of the buffer, possibly accessing anything that was left on the stack, or even past the end of the 8193-byte buffer, depending on the value of accepted_payload_size.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2322 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
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https://usn.ubuntu.com/3858-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0326 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106223 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1436 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
Date Public
2018-12-12 00:00
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