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CVE-2020-26164 Detail

Description

In kdeconnect-kde (aka KDE Connect) before 20.08.2, an attacker on the local network could send crafted packets that trigger use of large amounts of CPU, memory, or network connection slots, aka a Denial of Service attack.


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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00016.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00018.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/10/13/4 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/10/13/5 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/10/14/1 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/30/1 Mailing List 
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1176268 Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/KDE/kdeconnect-kde/commit/024e5f23db8d8ad3449714b906b46094baaffb89 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/KDE/kdeconnect-kde/commit/4fbd01a3d44a0bcca888c49a77ec7cfd10e113d7 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/KDE/kdeconnect-kde/commit/542d94a70c56aa386c8d4d793481ce181b0422e8 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/KDE/kdeconnect-kde/commit/613899be24b6e2a6b3e5cc719efce8ae8a122991 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/KDE/kdeconnect-kde/commit/8112729eb0f13e6947984416118531078e65580d Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/KDE/kdeconnect-kde/commit/ce0f00fc2d3eccb51d0af4eba61a4f60de086a59 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/KDE/kdeconnect-kde/releases Release Notes  Third Party Advisory 
https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20201002-1.txt Third Party Advisory  Vendor Advisory 
https://kdeconnect.kde.org/official/ Product 
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00014.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-16 Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2020-26164
NVD Published Date:
10/07/2020
NVD Last Modified:
01/31/2023
Source:
MITRE