Out-of-bounds Write

Affecting libproxy package, versions <0.4.15-5+deb10u1

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Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write url::recvline in url.cpp in libproxy 0.4.x through 0.4.15 allows a remote HTTP server to trigger uncontrolled recursion via a response composed of an infinite stream that lacks a newline character. This leads to stack exhaustion.

Remediation

Upgrade libproxy to version or higher.

References

CVSS Score

7.5
high severity
  • Attack Vector
    Network
  • Attack Complexity
    Low
  • Privileges Required
    None
  • User Interaction
    None
  • Scope
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality
    None
  • Integrity
    None
  • Availability
    High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVE
CVE-2020-25219
CWE
CWE-787
Snyk ID
SNYK-DEBIAN10-LIBPROXY-674171
Disclosed
09 Sep, 2020
Published
10 Sep, 2020