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CVE-2020-25219

high

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

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

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

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SSVZAAVHBJR3Z4MZNR55QW3OQFAS2STH/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JF5JSONJNO64ARWRVOS6K6HSIPHEF3H2/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CNID6EZVOVH7EZB7KFU2EON54CFDIVUR/

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

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

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

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-09-09

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00902