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Ubuntu: USN-4824-1 (CVE-2017-8807): Varnish vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-4824-1 (CVE-2017-8807): Varnish vulnerability

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
11/16/2017
Created
03/29/2023
Added
03/22/2023
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

vbf_stp_error in bin/varnishd/cache/cache_fetch.c in Varnish HTTP Cache 4.1.x before 4.1.9 and 5.x before 5.2.1 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory because a VFP_GetStorage buffer is larger than intended in certain circumstances involving -sfile Stevedore transient objects.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libvarnishapi1
  • ubuntu-upgrade-varnish

References

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