Gentoo: GLSA-202009-12: ZeroMQ: Denial of service
Summary
It was discovered that ZeroMQ does not properly handle connecting peersbefore a handshake is completed.
Resolution
All ZeroMQ users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-libs/zeromq-4.3.3"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2020-15166 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15166
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-12
Concerns
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.
Background
Looks like an embeddable networking library but acts like a concurrency framework.
Affected Packages
------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-libs/zeromq < 4.3.3 >= 4.3.3
Impact
===== An unauthenticated remote attacker able to connect to a ZeroMQ endpoint, even with CURVE encryption/authentication enabled, can cause a Denial of Service condition.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.