Out-of-Bounds Affecting varnish package, versions <5.2.1-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.68% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-VARNISH-521962
  • published16 Nov 2017
  • disclosed16 Nov 2017

Introduced: 16 Nov 2017

CVE-2017-8807  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 varnish to version 5.2.1-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream varnish package and not the varnish package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

vbf_stp_error in bin/varnishd/cache/cache_fetch.c in Varnish HTTP Cache 4.1.x before 4.1.9 and 5.x before 5.2.1 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory because a VFP_GetStorage buffer is larger than intended in certain circumstances involving -sfile Stevedore transient objects.

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