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Red Hat: CVE-2020-25219: libproxy: uncontrolled recursion via an infinite stream response leading to stack exhaustion (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2020-25219: libproxy: uncontrolled recursion via an infinite stream response leading to stack exhaustion (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
09/09/2020
Created
09/14/2024
Added
09/13/2024
Modified
09/13/2024

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)

  • redhat-upgrade-libproxy
  • redhat-upgrade-libproxy-bin
  • redhat-upgrade-libproxy-bin-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-libproxy-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-libproxy-debugsource
  • redhat-upgrade-libproxy-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-libproxy-gnome
  • redhat-upgrade-libproxy-gnome-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-libproxy-networkmanager
  • redhat-upgrade-libproxy-networkmanager-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-libproxy-webkitgtk4
  • redhat-upgrade-libproxy-webkitgtk4-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-python3-libproxy

References

  • DSA-4800
  • CVE-2020-25219
  • RHSA-2024:6205

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