UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15117

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-15117
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15117.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15117
Related
Published
2020-07-15T18:15:00Z
Modified
2025-06-02T17:11:45Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

In Synergy before version 1.12.0, a Synergy server can be crashed by receiving a kMsgHelloBack packet with a client name length set to 0xffffffff (4294967295) if the servers memory is less than 4 GB. It was verified that this issue does not cause a crash through the exception handler if the available memory of the Server is more than 4GB.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / synergy

Package

Name
synergy
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/synergy@1.6.2-0ubuntu2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1.*

1.6.2-0ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / synergy

Package

Name
synergy
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/synergy@1.8.8-stable+dfsg.1-1build1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1.*

1.8.8-stable+dfsg.1-1
1.8.8-stable+dfsg.1-1build1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}