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Bug 746401 (CVE-2020-26164)

Summary: <kde-misc/kdeconnect-20.04.3-r1: Denial of service (CVE-2020-26164)
Product: Gentoo Security Reporter: Sam James <sam>
Component: VulnerabilitiesAssignee: Gentoo Security <security>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: minor    
Priority: Normal    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
URL: https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20201002-1.txt
Whiteboard: B3 [glsa+ cve]
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---

Description Sam James archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2020-10-03 23:42:38 UTC 
Description:
"An attacker on your local network could send maliciously crafted packets to other hosts running
kdeconnect on the network, causing them to use large amounts of CPU, memory or network
connections, which could be used in a Denial of Service attack within the network."
Comment 2 Larry the Git Cow gentoo-dev 2020-10-04 16:07:11 UTC 
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s):

https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=bb81637747a3a0d3cc36bd19f73250d32dfc8b6c

commit bb81637747a3a0d3cc36bd19f73250d32dfc8b6c
Author:     Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm@gentoo.org>
AuthorDate: 2020-10-04 08:35:47 +0000
Commit:     Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm@gentoo.org>
CommitDate: 2020-10-04 15:54:07 +0000

    kde-misc/kdeconnect: Fix CVE-2020-26164
    
    See also: https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20201002-1.txt
    
    Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/746401
    Package-Manager: Portage-3.0.8, Repoman-3.0.1
    Signed-off-by: Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm@gentoo.org>

 ...re-SSL-errors-except-for-self-signed-cert.patch |  65 +++++++++++++
 ...ot-leak-the-local-user-in-the-device-name.patch |  32 +++++++
 ...fter-free-in-LanLinkProvider-connectError.patch |  28 ++++++
 ...20.04.3-04-Limit-identity-packets-to-8KiB.patch |  36 ++++++++
 ...lanlink-connections-stay-open-for-long-wi.patch |  37 ++++++++
 ...3-06-Don-t-brute-force-reading-the-socket.patch | 102 +++++++++++++++++++++
 ...r-of-connected-sockets-from-unpaired-devi.patch |  42 +++++++++
 ...mber-more-than-a-few-identity-packets-at-.patch |  54 +++++++++++
 ...orts-we-try-to-connect-to-to-the-port-ran.patch |  32 +++++++
 ...ace-connections-for-a-given-deviceId-if-t.patch |  58 ++++++++++++
 kde-misc/kdeconnect/kdeconnect-20.04.3-r1.ebuild   |  98 ++++++++++++++++++++
 kde-misc/kdeconnect/kdeconnect-20.08.1-r1.ebuild   |  99 ++++++++++++++++++++
 12 files changed, 683 insertions(+)
Comment 3 Sam James archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2020-10-04 16:11:50 UTC 
Thanks. Stable when ready, ofc.
Comment 4 Sam James archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2020-10-06 13:04:46 UTC 
arm64 done
Comment 5 Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev 2020-10-07 06:43:32 UTC 
amd64 stable
Comment 6 Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev 2020-10-07 07:12:46 UTC 
x86 stable.

Maintainer(s), please cleanup.
Security, please vote.
Comment 7 Larry the Git Cow gentoo-dev 2020-10-07 10:07:10 UTC 
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s):

https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=40a1ba6db3e5a581340be31c380f670821ff5389

commit 40a1ba6db3e5a581340be31c380f670821ff5389
Author:     Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm@gentoo.org>
AuthorDate: 2020-10-07 10:06:46 +0000
Commit:     Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm@gentoo.org>
CommitDate: 2020-10-07 10:06:46 +0000

    kde-misc/kdeconnect: Cleanup vulnerable 20.04.3 (r0)
    
    Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/746401
    Package-Manager: Portage-3.0.8, Repoman-3.0.1
    Signed-off-by: Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm@gentoo.org>

 kde-misc/kdeconnect/kdeconnect-20.04.3.ebuild | 84 ---------------------------
 1 file changed, 84 deletions(-)
Comment 8 NATTkA bot gentoo-dev 2020-11-25 18:17:51 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 9 NATTkA bot gentoo-dev 2021-01-18 00:41:00 UTC 
Resetting sanity check; package list is empty or all packages are done.
Comment 10 GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev 2021-01-22 16:17:14 UTC 
This issue was resolved and addressed in
 GLSA 202101-16 at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-16
by GLSA coordinator Aaron Bauman (b-man).