Vulnerability · Published Nov 6, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-28241
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the libmaxminddb package (AlmaLinux). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.2% (higher than 82% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)2.2%top 17.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
libmaxminddb before 1.4.3 has a heap-based buffer over-read in dump_entry_data_list in maxminddb.c.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:8 | libmaxminddb | 1.2.0-10.el8_9.1 | ALSA-2024:0768 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | libmaxminddb-devel | 1.2.0-10.el8_9.1 | ALSA-2024:0768 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | libmaxminddb | 1.4.3-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-28241 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | libmaxminddb | 1.4.3-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-28241 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | libmaxminddb | 1.4.3-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-28241 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | libmaxminddb | 1.4.3-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-28241 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | libmaxminddb | 1.4.3-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-28241 |
| Debian:12 | libmaxminddb | 1.4.3-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-28241 |
| Debian:13 | libmaxminddb | 1.4.3-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-28241 |
| Debian:14 | libmaxminddb | 1.4.3-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-28241 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | libmaxminddb | 0:1.2.0-10.el8_9.1 | RLSA-2024:0768 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/maxmind/libmaxminddb/issues/236 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/maxmind/libmaxminddb/pull/237 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/maxmind/libmaxminddb/compare/1.4.2...1.4.3 x_refsource_MISC
- [debian-lts-announce] 20201110 [SECURITY] [DLA 2445-1] libmaxminddb security update mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- GLSA-202011-15 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
- FEDORA-2020-1fb1785fa1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- FEDORA-2020-8a8f8b244f vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA