CVE-2019-9071 Denial of service in n/a
Stack consumption in GNU libiberty allows attackers to cause denial of service via recursive calls in demangling.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2019-9071?
CVE-2019-9071 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 24 Feb 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
An issue was discovered in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.32. It is a stack consumption issue in d_count_templates_scopes in cp-demangle.c after many recursive calls.
Weakness: CWE-674
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-9071?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Gnu Binutils, Netapp Hci Management Node, Netapp Solidfire.
How do I fix CVE-2019-9071?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2019-9071 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-9071 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-9071, GHSA-7vjv-fcf5-rx4h, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-9071.