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Debian: CVE-2020-25219: libproxy -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2020-25219: libproxy -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
09/09/2020
Created
09/15/2020
Added
09/14/2020
Modified
11/30/2020

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.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-libproxy

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