Missing Authentication for Critical Function Affecting sphinxsearch package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.31% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-SPHINXSEARCH-464205
  • published9 Sept 2019
  • disclosed22 Aug 2019

Introduced: 22 Aug 2019

CVE-2019-14511  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-306  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:10 sphinxsearch.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream sphinxsearch package and not the sphinxsearch package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

Sphinx Technologies Sphinx 3.1.1 by default has no authentication and listens on 0.0.0.0, making it exposed to the internet (unless filtered by a firewall or reconfigured to listen to 127.0.0.1 only).