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Missing Authentication for Critical Function Affecting sphinxsearch package, versions *

Severity

 Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.46% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2204-SPHINXSEARCH-2793421
  • published7 Oct 2020
  • disclosed22 Aug 2019
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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 Ubuntu:22.04 sphinxsearch.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream sphinxsearch package and not the sphinxsearch package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:22.04 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).

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