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Alpine Linux: CVE-2019-18679: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2019-18679: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
11/26/2019
Created
01/20/2021
Added
01/19/2021
Modified
10/02/2024

Description

An issue was discovered in Squid 2.x, 3.x, and 4.x through 4.8. Due to incorrect data management, it is vulnerable to information disclosure when processing HTTP Digest Authentication. Nonce tokens contain the raw byte value of a pointer that sits within heap memory allocation. This information reduces ASLR protections and may aid attackers isolating memory areas to target for remote code execution attacks.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-squid

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