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Status published
Medium
CVE-2020-26164
In kdeconnect-kde (aka KDE Connect) before 20.08.2, an attacker on...
Vulnerability Description
In kdeconnect-kde (aka KDE Connect) before 20.08.2, an attacker on the local network could send crafted packets that trigger use of large amounts of CPU, memory, or network connection slots, aka a Denial of Service attack.
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://kdeconnect.kde.org/official/
- https://github.com/KDE/kdeconnect-kde/releases
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1176268
- https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00014.html
- https://github.com/KDE/kdeconnect-kde/commit/ce0f00fc2d3eccb51d0af4eba61a4f60de086a59
- https://github.com/KDE/kdeconnect-kde/commit/542d94a70c56aa386c8d4d793481ce181b0422e8
- https://github.com/KDE/kdeconnect-kde/commit/613899be24b6e2a6b3e5cc719efce8ae8a122991
- https://github.com/KDE/kdeconnect-kde/commit/024e5f23db8d8ad3449714b906b46094baaffb89
- https://github.com/KDE/kdeconnect-kde/commit/4fbd01a3d44a0bcca888c49a77ec7cfd10e113d7
- https://github.com/KDE/kdeconnect-kde/commit/8112729eb0f13e6947984416118531078e65580d
- https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20201002-1.txt
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00016.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00018.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/10/13/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/10/13/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/10/14/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/30/1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-16
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
kdeconnect, backports sle, leap
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 15.0, 15.1, 15.2
Timeline
Official Publish:
October 7th, 2020
Last Modified:
August 4th, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.