CVE-2020-5136 vulnerability in SonicWall Products
Published on October 12, 2020
A buffer overflow vulnerability in SonicOS allows an authenticated attacker to cause Denial of Service (DoS) in the SSL-VPN and virtual assist portal, which leads to a firewall crash. This vulnerability affected SonicOS Gen 5 version 5.9.1.7, 5.9.1.13, Gen 6 version 6.5.4.7, 6.5.1.12, 6.0.5.3, SonicOSv 6.5.4.v and Gen 7 version 7.0.0.0.
Weakness Type
What is a Classic Buffer Overflow Vulnerability?
The program copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. A buffer overflow condition exists when a program attempts to put more data in a buffer than it can hold, or when a program attempts to put data in a memory area outside of the boundaries of a buffer. The simplest type of error, and the most common cause of buffer overflows, is the "classic" case in which the program copies the buffer without restricting how much is copied. Other variants exist, but the existence of a classic overflow strongly suggests that the programmer is not considering even the most basic of security protections.
CVE-2020-5136 has been classified to as a Classic Buffer Overflow vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2020-5136
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Affected Versions
SonicWall SonicOS:- Version SonicOS 6.5.4.7-79n and earlier is affected.
- Version SonicOS 5.9.1.7-2n and earlier is affected.
- Version SonicOS 5.9.1.13-5n and earlier is affected.
- Version SonicOS 6.5.1.11-4n and earlier is affected.
- Version SonicOS 6.0.5.3-93o and earlier is affected.
- Version SonicOSv 6.5.4.4-44v-21-794 and earlier is affected.
- Version SonicOS 7.0.0.0-1 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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