SB2020021507 - Fedora EPEL 8 update for hiredis
Published: February 15, 2020 Updated: April 25, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020021507
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-7105)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in "async.c" and "dict.c" in "libhiredis.a" because malloc return values are unchecked. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.