USN-4610-1: fastd vulnerability
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4610-1
October 29, 2020
fastd vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Summary:
fastd could be made to remotely exhaust resources if it received
specially crafted packets.
Software Description:
- fastd: Fast and Secure Tunneling Daemon
Details:
It was discovered that fastd did not properly handle receive buffers
under certain circumstances. A remote attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause a memory leak, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2020-27638)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
fastd 18-3ubuntu0.1
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4610-1
CVE-2020-27638
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fastd/18-3ubuntu0.1
A fastd security update has been released for Ubuntu Linux 20.04 LTS.