Vulnerability · Published Jun 15, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-14148
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the ngircd package (Alpine). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.6% (higher than 86% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)2.6%top 14.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
The Server-Server protocol implementation in ngIRCd before 26~rc2 allows an out-of-bounds access, as demonstrated by the IRC_NJOIN() function.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | ngircd | 25-r1 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-14148 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | ngircd | 25-r1 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-14148 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | ngircd | 25-r1 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-14148 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | ngircd | 25-r1 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-14148 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | ngircd | 25-r1 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-14148 |
| Debian:12 | ngircd | 26-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14148 |
| Debian:13 | ngircd | 26-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14148 |
| Debian:14 | ngircd | 26-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14148 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/ngircd/ngircd/issues/274 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/ngircd/ngircd/issues/277 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/ngircd/ngircd/pull/275 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/ngircd/ngircd/pull/276 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/ngircd/ngircd/releases/tag/rel-26-rc2 x_refsource_MISC
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200621 [SECURITY] [DLA 2252-1] ngircd security update mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- FEDORA-2020-8c33e3a771 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- FEDORA-2020-e6d1d849c5 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA