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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202208-18

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Severity: Low
Title: Motion: Denial of service
Date: August 10, 2022
Bugs: #760714
ID: 202208-18

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Synopsis

A vulnerability in Motion allows a remote attacker to cause denial of
service.

Background

Motion is a program that monitors the video signal from one or more
cameras and is able to detect motions.

Affected packages

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 Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected  
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1 media-video/motion < 4.3.2 >= 4.3.2

Description

The Motion HTTP server does not correctly perform URL decoding. If the
HTTP server receives a request for a URL containing an incomplete
percent-encoded character, a flaw in parsing results in an infinite loop
trying to parse the rest of the character, which eventually results in a
denial of service condition when reading out-of-bounds.

Impact

A remote attacker can trigger a denial of service condition in Motion.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Motion users should upgrade to the latest version:

emerge --sync

emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose “>=media-video/motion-4.3.2”

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2020-26566
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26566

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-18

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users’ machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
[email protected] or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

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