Debian Security Advisory
DSA-4761-1 zeromq3 -- security update
- Date Reported:
- 07 Sep 2020
- Affected Packages:
- zeromq3
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2020-15166.
- More information:
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It was discovered that ZeroMQ, a lightweight messaging kernel library does not properly handle connecting peers before a handshake is completed. A remote, unauthenticated client connecting to an application using the libzmq library, running with a socket listening with CURVE encryption/authentication enabled can take advantage of this flaw to cause a denial of service affecting authenticated and encrypted clients.
For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 4.3.1-4+deb10u2.
We recommend that you upgrade your zeromq3 packages.
For the detailed security status of zeromq3 please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/zeromq3