CVE-2019-12519 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2019-12519?

CVE-2019-12519 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 15 Apr 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered in Squid through 4.7. When handling the tag esi:when when ESI is enabled, Squid calls ESIExpression::Evaluate. This function uses a fixed stack buffer to hold the expression while it's being evaluated. When processing the expression, it could either evaluate the top of the stack, or add a new member to the stack. When adding a new member, there is no check to ensure that the stack won't overflow.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-12519?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Opensuse Leap, Squid-Cache Squid.

How do I fix CVE-2019-12519?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2019-12519 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-12519 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2019-12519, DEBIAN-CVE-2019-12519, GHSA-2398-fmp4-7w9h, OESA-2021-1020, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-12519.