CVE-2020-6080: High severity Videolabs libmicrodns vulnerability

Published Mar 24, 2020
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Updated

An exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the resource allocation handling of Videolabs libmicrodns 0.1.0. When encountering errors while parsing mDNS messages, some allocated data is not freed, possibly leading to a denial-of-service condition via resource exhaustion. An attacker can send one mDNS message repeatedly to trigger this vulnerability through the function rrreadRR [5] reads the current resource record, except for the RDATA section. This is read by the loop at in rrread. For each RR type, a different function is called. When the RR type is 0x10, the function rrreadTXT is called at [6].

Affected Software

5 affected componentsFixes available
debian/libmicrodns
0.2.0-1
debian/vlc
3.0.21-0+deb11u13.0.21-0+deb12u13.0.21-7
Videolabs libmicrodns=0.1.0
Debian Debian Linux=9.0
Debian Debian Linux=10.0

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade debian/libmicrodns to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 0.2.0-1
  2. Upgrade

    Upgrade debian/vlc to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 3.0.21-0+deb11u1Fixed in 3.0.21-0+deb12u1Fixed in 3.0.21-7

Event History

Mar 24, 2020
CVE Published
via MITRE·08:50 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·08:50 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness
Data Sourced
via NVD·09:15 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software
Jan 29, 2025
Data Sourced
via Launchpad·01:58 AM
Description
Feb 2, 2025
Data Sourced
via Ubuntu·01:58 AM
RemedyDescriptionSeverityAffected Software

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is CVE-2020-6080?

CVE-2020-6080 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in the resource allocation handling of Videolabs libmicrodns 0.1.0.

2

How does CVE-2020-6080 affect Debian Debian Linux 9.0?

Debian Debian Linux 9.0 is affected by CVE-2020-6080.

3

What is the severity of CVE-2020-6080?

CVE-2020-6080 has a severity rating of 7.5 (high).

4

How do I fix the CVE-2020-6080 vulnerability in Videolabs libmicrodns 0.1.0?

To fix the CVE-2020-6080 vulnerability in Videolabs libmicrodns 0.1.0, update to version 3.0.19-1 or later.

5

Where can I find more information about CVE-2020-6080?

For more information about CVE-2020-6080, you can refer to the following sources: [link1](https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1002), [link2](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-6080), [link3](https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-10)

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