CVE-2019-12854
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: August 15, 2019 at 04:15 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:15 AM UTC
5 products affected across 5 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraUbuntu Linux
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 12%
Description
Due to incorrect string termination, Squid cachemgr.cgi 4.0 through 4.7 may access unallocated memory. On systems with memory access protections, this can cause the CGI process to terminate unexpectedly, resulting in a denial of service for all clients using it.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%95%
Leap· openSUSEdrupal
95%4.0 ≤ v ≤ 4.7
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00053.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00056.html
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2019_1.txt
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v4/changesets/squid-4-2981a957716c61ff7e21eee1d7d6eb5a237e466d.patch
- https://bugs.squid-cache.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4937
References (9)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00053.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00056.htmlx_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2019_1.txtx_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v4/changesets/squid-4-2981a957716c61ff7e21eee1d7d6eb5a237e466d.patchx_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.squid-cache.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4937Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SPXN2CLAGN5QSQBTOV5IGVLDOQSRFNTZ/Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/42Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4213-1/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
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Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
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