MGASA-2020-0266 - Updated scapy packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 16 Jun 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0266.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2019-1010142,
     CVE-2019-1010262

Updated scapy packages fix security vulnerabilities:

A vulnerability was found in scapy 2.4.0 and earlier is affected by:
Denial of Services. The impact is: busy loop forever. The component
is:
_RADIUSAttrPacketListField class. The attack vector is: a packet sent
over the network or in a pcap (CVE-2019-1010262).

scapy 2.4.0 is affected by: Denial of Service. The impact is: infinite
loop, resource consumption and program unresponsive. The component is:
_RADIUSAttrPacketListField.getfield(self..). The attack vector is: over
the network or in a pcap. both work (CVE-2019-1010142).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25954
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/GICTAGUAV4OGIAPKKWXSEVIXU7DZEJ2V/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-1010142
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-1010262

SRPMS:
- 7/core/scapy-2.4.0-3.1.mga7

Mageia 2020-0266: scapy security update

Updated scapy packages fix security vulnerabilities: A vulnerability was found in scapy 2.4.0 and earlier is affected by: Denial of Services

Summary

Updated scapy packages fix security vulnerabilities:
A vulnerability was found in scapy 2.4.0 and earlier is affected by: Denial of Services. The impact is: busy loop forever. The component is: _RADIUSAttrPacketListField class. The attack vector is: a packet sent over the network or in a pcap (CVE-2019-1010262).
scapy 2.4.0 is affected by: Denial of Service. The impact is: infinite loop, resource consumption and program unresponsive. The component is: _RADIUSAttrPacketListField.getfield(self..). The attack vector is: over the network or in a pcap. both work (CVE-2019-1010142).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25954

- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/GICTAGUAV4OGIAPKKWXSEVIXU7DZEJ2V/

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-1010142

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-1010262

Resolution

MGASA-2020-0266 - Updated scapy packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 7/core/scapy-2.4.0-3.1.mga7

Severity
Publication date: 16 Jun 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0266.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2019-1010142, CVE-2019-1010262

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