Input validation error in gSOAP - CVE-2019-7659

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Input validation error in gSOAP - CVE-2019-7659

Published: February 14, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU17674
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-7659
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to an error in the HTTP cookie-handling component of Genivia gSOA it is used with a server application with the -DWITH_COOKIES flag enabled. A remote attacker can send a request that submits malicious input and cause the application to unexpectedly abort.


Affected software

gSOAP
Dell EMC NetWorker vProxy

How to mitigate CVE-2019-7659

Update to version 2.8.75.

gSOAP - update to 2.8.75
Dell EMC NetWorker vProxy - update to 19.9.0.2

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