VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-20367
nlist.c in libbsd before 0.10.0 has an out-of-bounds read during a comparison for a symbol name from the string table (strtab).
CRITICAL 9.1EPSS 2.80%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.80%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
nlist.c in libbsd before 0.10.0 has an out-of-bounds read during a comparison for a symbol name from the string table (strtab).
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.80% probability · 86th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- freedesktop/libbsd · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux · opensuse/leap
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00043.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libbsd/libbsd/commit/9d917aad37778a9f4a96ba358415f077f3f36f3bExploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0e913668380f59bcbd14fdd8ae8d24f95f99995e290cd18a7822c6e5%40%3Cdev.tomee.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra781e51cf1ec40381c98cddc073b3576fb56c3978f4564d2fa431550%40%3Cdev.tomee.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00027.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libbsd/2019-August/000229.htmlMailing List, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4243-1/Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00043.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libbsd/libbsd/commit/9d917aad37778a9f4a96ba358415f077f3f36f3bExploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0e913668380f59bcbd14fdd8ae8d24f95f99995e290cd18a7822c6e5%40%3Cdev.tomee.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra781e51cf1ec40381c98cddc073b3576fb56c3978f4564d2fa431550%40%3Cdev.tomee.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00027.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libbsd/2019-August/000229.htmlMailing List, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4243-1/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.