CVE-2020-12460: Critical severity opendmarc vulnerability

Published Jul 27, 2020
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Updated

OpenDMARC through 1.3.2 and 1.4.x through 1.4.0-Beta1 has improper null termination in the function opendmarcxmlparse that can result in a one-byte heap overflow in opendmarcxml when parsing a specially crafted DMARC aggregate report. This can cause remote memory corruption when a '\0' byte overwrites the heap metadata of the next chunk and its PREVINUSE flag.

Affected Software

11 affected componentsFixes available
debian/opendmarc
1.3.2-6+deb10u21.3.2-6+deb10u41.4.0~beta1+dfsg-6+deb11u11.4.2-21.4.2-4
ubuntu/opendmarc<1.3.2-7ubuntu0.1
1.3.2-7ubuntu0.1
ubuntu/opendmarc<1.3.2-3ubuntu0.2
1.3.2-3ubuntu0.2
ubuntu/opendmarc<1.4.0~
1.4.0~
ubuntu/opendmarc<1.3.1+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1~
1.3.1+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1~
Trusteddomain Opendmarc<=1.3.2
Trusteddomain Opendmarc=1.4.0-beta0
Trusteddomain Opendmarc=1.4.0-beta1
Fedoraproject Fedora=33
Fedoraproject Fedora=34
Debian Debian Linux=9.0

Event History

Jul 27, 2020
CVE Published
via Ubuntu·12:00 AM
CVE Published
via MITRE·10:52 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·10:52 PM
Description
Jan 11, 2024
Data Sourced
via Launchpad·11:38 PM
Description

Parent advisories

This vulnerability appears in the following advisories.

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2020-12460?

The severity of CVE-2020-12460 is high.

2

How does CVE-2020-12460 occur?

CVE-2020-12460 occurs due to improper null termination in the function opendmarc_xml_parse.

3

What is the impact of CVE-2020-12460?

The impact of CVE-2020-12460 is a one-byte heap overflow in opendmarc_xml when parsing a specially crafted DMARC aggregate report, which can cause remote memory corruption.

4

Which versions of OpenDMARC are affected by CVE-2020-12460?

OpenDMARC versions 1.3.2 through 1.3.2-6+deb10u4, 1.4.x through 1.4.0-Beta1, 1.4.0~beta1+dfsg-6+deb11u1, 1.4.2-2, and 1.4.2-3 are affected by CVE-2020-12460.

5

How can I fix CVE-2020-12460?

To fix CVE-2020-12460, update OpenDMARC to a version that includes the necessary remedy, such as version 1.3.2-6+deb10u4 or later.

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