CVE-2020-25219

HIGH

libproxy 0.4.0-0.4.15 - Denial of Service via Infinite HTTP Response Stream

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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 (9)

Core 9
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/libproxy/libproxy/issues/134
Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00012.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4514-1/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00030.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00033.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4800

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0045
EPSS Percentile 63.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-674
Status published
Products (11)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 20.04
debian/debian_linux 9.0
debian/debian_linux 10.0
fedoraproject/fedora 31
fedoraproject/fedora 32
fedoraproject/fedora 33
libproxy_project/libproxy 0.4.0 - 0.4.15
opensuse/leap 15.1
... and 1 more
Published Sep 09, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026