Description
bip before 0.8.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via an empty USER command.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | bip | 0.8.6-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | bip | 0.8.6-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | bip | 0.8.6-1 | — |
References
- 42889 third-party-advisory
- ADV-2011-0096 vdb-entry
- http://bip.t1r.net/
- [oss-security] 20100905 CVE Request -- Bip -- Remote Dos (crash) by exchanging user credentials mailing-list
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=595409
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=630437
- 42995 vdb-entry
- FEDORA-2010-15774 vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20100907 Re: CVE Request -- Bip -- Remote Dos (crash) by exchanging user credentials mailing-list