CVE-2020-27523 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can crash the Solstice-Pod WEBRTC server by sending malicious format strings during authentication, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-27523?
CVE-2020-27523 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 Nov 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Solstice-Pod up to 5.0.2 WEBRTC server mishandles the format-string specifiers %x; %p; %c and %s in the screen_key, display_name, browser_name, and operation_system parameter during the authentication process. This may crash the server and force Solstice-Pod to reboot, which leads to a denial of service.
Weakness: CWE-134
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-27523?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mersive Solstice Pod Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2020-27523?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-27523 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2020-27523 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-27523 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x7jm-5v9f-6mvx.