NetSight
high7.5

CVE-2020-25219

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 …

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
Libproxy ProjectLibproxy
from 0.4.0 through 0.4.15
DebianDebian Linux
Versions 9.0, 10.0
FedoraprojectFedora
Versions 31, 32, 33
OpensuseLeap
Versions 15.1, 15.2
CanonicalUbuntu Linux
Versions 16.04, 18.04, 20.04

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