PT-2020-16951 · Maxmind+8 · Libmaxminddb+8

Seviezhou · Published 2020-08-04 · Updated 2024-03-12 · CVE-2020-28241

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libmaxminddb versions prior to 1.4.3

Description The issue is a heap-based buffer over-read in the dump entry data list function in maxminddb.c. This occurs in libmaxminddb before version 1.4.3.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.4.3, update to version 1.4.3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the dump entry data list function in maxminddb.c until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2024:0768

ALT-PU-2020-2831

ALT-PU-2023-6412

BIT-LIBMAXMINDDB-2020-28241

CESA-2024_0768

CVE-2020-28241

DLA-2445-1

MGASA-2020-0471

OESA-2021-1287

RHSA-2024:0750

RHSA-2024:0751

RHSA-2024:0768

RHSA-2024_0768

RLSA-2024:0768

USN-4631-1

USN-5751-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Almalinux

Astra Linux

Centos

Linuxmint

Red Hat

Rocky Linux

Ubuntu

Libmaxminddb

References · 41

• 🔥 https://github.com/maxmind/libmaxminddb/issues/236 · Exploit
• https://github.com/maxmind/libmaxminddb/compare/1.4.2...1.4.3 · Patch
• https://github.com/maxmind/libmaxminddb/pull/237 · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4631-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5751-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-libmaxminddb-2020-28241 · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/lts/security/2020/dla-2445 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-28241 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2020-28241 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ELTOHZBPO6XVUVADP4DPZBNQCPTYOQBV · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6WUK4UCOB5FJVK36E22IRLEYGKMUWGBG · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-28241 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2024-0768.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-15 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28241 · Security Note