CVE-2020-13578 Null dereference in Genivia

What is CVE-2020-13578?

CVE-2020-13578 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 10 Feb 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the WS-Security plugin functionality of Genivia gSOAP 2.8.107. A specially crafted SOAP request can lead to denial of service. An attacker can send an HTTP request to trigger this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-13578?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Genivia Gsoap.

How do I fix CVE-2020-13578?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2020-13578 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2020-13578 exists.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-13578, GHSA-vq44-qfg4-mfgg, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-13578.