CVE-2020-6062 Null dereference in CoTURN

Medium 5.9 Published Updated

A specially crafted HTTP POST request causes a null pointer dereference in CoTURN, leading to a server crash and denial of service.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2020-6062?

CVE-2020-6062 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 19 Feb 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the way CoTURN 4.5.1.1 web server parses POST requests. A specially crafted HTTP POST request can lead to server crash and denial of service. An attacker needs to send an HTTP request to trigger this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-6062?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Coturn Project Coturn, Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora.

How do I fix CVE-2020-6062?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2020-6062 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-6062 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-6062, GHSA-8m27-48h2-7f6h, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-6062.

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