vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-4514-1 (CVE-2020-25219): libproxy vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Sep 9, 2020 | Sep 18, 2020 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Sep 9, 2020
Added
Sep 18, 2020
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
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
ubuntu-upgrade-libproxy1v5
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