SB2020042935 - Unchecked Return Value in vlc (Alpine package)
Published: April 29, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020042935
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Unchecked Return Value (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-6072)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists within the label-parsing functionality due to the "rr_decode" function's return value is not checked when parsing compressed labels in mDNS messages. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted mDNS message and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.