Description
An issue was discovered in p11-kit 0.21.1 through 0.23.21. A heap-based buffer over-read has been discovered in the RPC protocol used by thep11-kit server/remote commands and the client library. When the remote entity supplies a byte array through a serialized PKCS#11 function call, the receiving entity may allow the reading of up to 4 bytes of memory past the heap allocation.
Published: 2020-12-16
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2513-1 p11-kit security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4822-1 p11-kit security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-21736 An issue was discovered in p11-kit 0.21.1 through 0.23.21. A heap-based buffer over-read has been discovered in the RPC protocol used by thep11-kit server/remote commands and the client library. When the remote entity supplies a byte array through a serialized PKCS#11 function call, the receiving entity may allow the reading of up to 4 bytes of memory past the heap allocation.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4677-1 p11-kit vulnerabilities
History

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P11-kit Project P11-kit
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T16:48:01.647Z

Reserved: 2020-11-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-29362

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-12-16T14:15:12.777

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:23:54.810

Link: CVE-2020-29362

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2020-12-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-29362 - Bugzilla

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