Vigil@nce - FreeBSD: use after free via SCTP-AUTH packet processing
July 2020 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer-vulnerabilities-watch-and-alert
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: FreeBSD.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: administrator access/rights, denial of service on
server, denial of service on service.
Provenance: internet client.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 13/05/2020.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can force the usage of a freed memory area in the
handler of SCTP-AUTH in FreeBSD, in order to trigger a denial of
service, and possibly to run code.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/FreeBSD-use-after-free-via-SCTP-AUTH-packet-processing-32256