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 stream that lacks a newline character.
02 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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 90.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-09-09 20:30Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 15:33Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-09-09
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-674Uncontrolled RecursionClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 0719b445f623f1fd31d88819779c2d584bc66382ac52828ae894570ba578686b
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/libproxy/libproxy/issues/134
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20200912 [SECURITY] [DLA 2372-1] libproxy security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00012.html
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4514-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4514-1/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-2407cb0512https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CNID6EZVOVH7EZB7KFU2EON54CFDIVUR/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-f92d372cf1https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JF5JSONJNO64ARWRVOS6K6HSIPHEF3H2/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-7e1e9abf77https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SSVZAAVHBJR3Z4MZNR55QW3OQFAS2STH/
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1676http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00030.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1680http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00033.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-4800https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4800
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- libproxy Fixed in 0.4.16-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- libproxy Fixed in 0.4.15-15
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libproxy Fixed in 0.4.15-15
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libproxy Fixed in 0.4.15-15
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- libproxy Fixed in 0.4.11-5ubuntu1.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- libproxy Fixed in 0.4.15-1ubuntu0.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- libproxy Fixed in 0.4.15-10ubuntu1.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.