Vigil@nce - BWA: buffer overflow via bns_restore
October 2019 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Ubuntu.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: user access/rights, denial of service on service,
denial of service on client.
Provenance: document.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 07/08/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a buffer overflow via bns_restore() of
BWA, in order to trigger a denial of service, and possibly to run
code.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/BWA-buffer-overflow-via-bns-restore-29968