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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2020-28241: libmaxminddb: Denial of service

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2020-28241: libmaxminddb: Denial of service

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
11/06/2020
Created
11/17/2020
Added
11/16/2020
Modified
11/19/2020

Description

libmaxminddb before 1.4.3 has a heap-based buffer over-read in dump_entry_data_list in maxminddb.c.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-libs-libmaxminddb

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