UBUNTU-CVE-2018-25021
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Summary:
Details: The TCP Server module in toxcore before 0.2.8 doesn't free the TCP priority queue under certain conditions, which allows a remote attacker to exhaust the system's memory, causing a denial of service (DoS).
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-25021, https://blog.tox.chat/2018/10/memory-leak-bug-and-new-toxcore-release-fixing-it/, https://github.com/TokTok/c-toxcore/issues/1214, https://github.com/TokTok/c-toxcore/pull/1216, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-25021
Affected packages
Package
Name: libtoxcore
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=focal
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -0.2.10-1build2
Affected versions
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
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Privileges Required
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User Interaction
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Scope
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Confidentiality
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Integrity
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Availability
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