UBUNTU-CVE-2019-20797

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-20797
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-20797.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-20797
Upstream
Published
2020-05-18T00:15:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:48:09Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

An issue was discovered in e6y prboom-plus 2.5.1.5. There is a buffer overflow in client and server code responsible for handling received UDP packets, as demonstrated by ISendPacket or ISendPacketTo in i_network.c.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / prboom-plus

Package

Name
prboom-plus
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/prboom-plus@2:2.5.1.5~svn4462+dfsg1-1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2:2.*
2:2.5.1.4~svn4425+dfsg1-2
2:2.5.1.4~svn4444+dfsg1-1
2:2.5.1.4~svn4454+dfsg1-1
2:2.5.1.4~svn4457+dfsg1-1
2:2.5.1.5~svn4462+dfsg1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2:2.5.1.5~svn4462+dfsg1-1",
            "binary_name": "prboom-plus"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:2.5.1.5~svn4462+dfsg1-1",
            "binary_name": "prboom-plus-game-server"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-20797.json"

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / prboom-plus

Package

Name
prboom-plus
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/prboom-plus@2:2.5.1.5+svn4531+dfsg1-1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2:2.*
2:2.5.1.5~svn4462+dfsg1-1build1
2:2.5.1.5+svn4531+dfsg1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2:2.5.1.5+svn4531+dfsg1-1",
            "binary_name": "prboom-plus"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:2.5.1.5+svn4531+dfsg1-1",
            "binary_name": "prboom-plus-game-server"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-20797.json"

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / prboom-plus

Package

Name
prboom-plus
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/prboom-plus@2:2.5.1.5+svn4540+dfsg1-1build1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2:2.*
2:2.5.1.5+svn4540+dfsg1-1
2:2.5.1.5+svn4540+dfsg1-1build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2:2.5.1.5+svn4540+dfsg1-1build1",
            "binary_name": "prboom-plus"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:2.5.1.5+svn4540+dfsg1-1build1",
            "binary_name": "prboom-plus-game-server"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-20797.json"