Alpine Linux: CVE-2020-7466: Out-of-bounds Read
5
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
10/06/2020
08/23/2024
08/22/2024
08/23/2024
Description
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.
Solution(s)
- alpine-linux-upgrade-mpd
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