CVE-2019-19240 Information disclosure in n/a
An attacker can trigger an uninitialized buffer leak in GoAhead web server by sending a large Host header in a redirected request, potentially exposing sensitive memory data.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-19240?
CVE-2019-19240 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Nov 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Embedthis GoAhead before 5.0.1 mishandles redirected HTTP requests with a large Host header. The GoAhead WebsRedirect uses a static host buffer that has a limited length and can overflow. This can cause a copy of the Host header to fail, leaving that buffer uninitialized, which may leak uninitialized data in a response.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-19240?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Embedthis Goahead.
How do I fix CVE-2019-19240?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-19240 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-19240 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-19240 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xrwv-jchf-q5j2.