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Status published
Medium
CVE-2020-15117
Denial of Service in Synergy
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://github.com/symless/synergy-core/security/advisories/GHSA-chfm-333q-gfpp
- https://github.com/symless/synergy-core/commit/0a97c2be0da2d0df25cb86dfd642429e7a8bea39
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VFDEQED64YLWQK2TF73EMXZDYX7YT2DD/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WAQYCMBWNVCIEM27NPIKK3DGJCNBYLAK/
Affected Vendor
symless
View all reports →Affected Software
synergy-core
Vulnerable Versions:
< 1.12.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
July 15th, 2020
Last Modified:
August 4th, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H