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XRAY-194047 - NicheStack DNS client OOB-R

CVE-2020-25767 | CVSS 7.5

JFrog Severity:high

Discovered ByDenys Vozniukof the JFrog Security Research Team

Published 4 Aug, 2021 | Last updated 4 Aug, 2021

The NicheStack routine for parsing DNS domain names does not check whether a compression pointer points within the bounds of a packet, which leads to OOB-R

InterNiche TCP/IP stack

InterNiche (, 4.3), fixed in 4.3

An issue was discovered in HCC Embedded NicheStack IPv4 4.1. The dnc_copy_in routine for parsing DNS domain names does not check whether a domain name compression pointer is pointing within the bounds of the packet (e.g., forward compression pointer jumps are allowed), which leads to an Out-of-bounds Read, and a Denial-of-Service as a consequence.

No PoC is supplied for this issue

If not needed, disable the NicheStack DNS client through the NicheStack CLI

(JFrog) INFRA:HALT New Vulnerabilities Impacting OT and Critical Infrastructure

NVD

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