CVE-2020-25219

MEDIUM

Description

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.

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00030.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00033.html

https://github.com/libproxy/libproxy/issues/134

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00012.html

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CNID6EZVOVH7EZB7KFU2EON54CFDIVUR/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/JF5JSONJNO64ARWRVOS6K6HSIPHEF3H2/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-an[email protected]/message/SSVZAAVHBJR3Z4MZNR55QW3OQFAS2STH/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4514-1/

https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4800

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2020-09-09

Updated: 2020-11-29

Type: CWE-787

Risk Information

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 5

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Impact Score: 2.9

Exploitability Score: 10

Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Impact Score: 3.6

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: HIGH