CVE-2020-36420 Denial of service in n/a
A reachable assertion in Polipo allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a malformed Range header when built without NDEBUG.
- 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-2020-36420?
CVE-2020-36420 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 Jul 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Polipo through 1.1.1, when NDEBUG is omitted, allows denial of service via a reachable assertion during parsing of a malformed Range header. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer
Weakness: CWE-617
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-36420?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Polipo Project Polipo.
How do I fix CVE-2020-36420?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-36420 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
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-2020-36420 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-36420 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5hfj-73cx-942m, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-36420.