CVE-2020-25583
highpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.015 · 74 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
In FreeBSD 12.2-STABLE before r368250, 11.4-STABLE before r368253, 12.2-RELEASE before p1, 12.1-RELEASE before p11 and 11.4-RELEASE before p5 when processing a DNSSL option, rtsold(8) decodes domain name labels per an encoding specified in RFC 1035 in which the first octet of each label contains the label's length. rtsold(8) did not validate label lengths correctly and could overflow the destination buffer.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 9–10
weaknesses
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affected products (5)
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- n/a FreeBSD≤ FreeBSD 12.2-RELEASE before p1, 12.1-RELEASE before p11, 11.4-RELEASE before p5enisa_euvdEU
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (8)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25583cnnvd
- https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-20:32.rtsold.asccnnvd
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210423-0004/cnnvd
- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-20:32.rtsold.ascPatchcnnvd
- https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-20:32.rtsold.ascenisa_euvd
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210423-0004/enisa_euvd
- https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-20:32.rtsold.ascVendor Advisorynvd
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210423-0004/Third Party Advisorynvd
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