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CVE-2019-20800

critical

Description

In Cherokee through 1.2.104, remote attackers can trigger an out-of-bounds write in cherokee_handler_cgi_add_env_pair in handler_cgi.c by sending many request headers, as demonstrated by a GET request with many "Host: 127.0.0.1" headers.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-09

https://logicaltrust.net/blog/2019/11/cherokee.html

https://github.com/cherokee/webserver/issues/1224

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-05-18

Updated: 2022-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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

Severity: Critical