CVE-2020-25219

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

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

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

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3