Denial of service in libapreq2



Published: 2019-10-05 | Updated: 2022-08-27
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2019-12412
CWE-ID CWE-476
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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libapreq2
Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products

Vendor Apache Foundation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) NULL pointer dereference

EUVDB-ID: #VU21564

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-12412

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error when processing nested "multipart" body. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

libapreq2: 2.01-dev - 2.13

External links

http://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4541


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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