High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 9, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-25219
CVE-2020-25219
Description
url::recvline in url.cpp in libproxy 0.4.x through 0.4.15 allows a remote HTTP server to trigger uncontrolled recursion via a response composed of an infinite stream that lacks a newline character. This leads to stack exhaustion.
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Affected products
57- libproxy/libproxydescription
- Range: 0.4.x - 0.4.15
- osv-coords55 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/libproxy&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/libproxy&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2pkg:rpm/opensuse/libproxy&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/libproxy-plugins&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/libproxy-plugins&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2pkg:rpm/suse/libproxy&distro=HPE%20Helion%20OpenStack%208pkg:rpm/suse/libproxy&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%205pkg:rpm/suse/libproxy&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/libproxy&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/libproxy&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/libproxy&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/libproxy&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/libproxy&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/libproxy&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/libproxy&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/libproxy&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/libproxy&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/libproxy&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/libproxy&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/libproxy&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/libproxy&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/libproxy&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/libproxy&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015pkg:rpm/suse/libproxy&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/libproxy&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207pkg:rpm/suse/libproxy&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%208pkg:rpm/suse/libproxy&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%209pkg:rpm/suse/libproxy&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%208pkg:rpm/suse/libproxy&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%209pkg:rpm/suse/libproxy-plugins&distro=HPE%20Helion%20OpenStack%208pkg:rpm/suse/libproxy-plugins&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%205pkg:rpm/suse/libproxy-plugins&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/libproxy-plugins&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/libproxy-plugins&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/libproxy-plugins&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/libproxy-plugins&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/libproxy-plugins&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/libproxy-plugins&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/libproxy-plugins&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/libproxy-plugins&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/libproxy-plugins&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/libproxy-plugins&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/libproxy-plugins&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/libproxy-plugins&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/libproxy-plugins&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/libproxy-plugins&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/libproxy-plugins&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015pkg:rpm/suse/libproxy-plugins&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/libproxy-plugins&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/libproxy-plugins&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/libproxy-plugins&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207pkg:rpm/suse/libproxy-plugins&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%208pkg:rpm/suse/libproxy-plugins&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%209pkg:rpm/suse/libproxy-plugins&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%208pkg:rpm/suse/libproxy-plugins&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%209
< 0.4.15-lp151.4.3.1+ 54 more
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.15-lp151.4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.15-lp152.5.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.17-2.2
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.15-lp151.4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.15-lp152.5.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.13-18.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.13-18.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.15-4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.15-4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.15-4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.15-4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.13-18.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.13-18.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.13-18.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.13-18.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.13-18.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.13-18.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.15-4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.13-18.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.13-18.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.13-18.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.13-18.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.15-4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.13-18.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.13-18.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.13-18.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.13-18.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.13-18.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.13-18.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.13-18.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.13-18.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.15-4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.15-4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.15-4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.15-4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.13-18.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.13-18.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.13-18.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.13-18.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.13-18.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.13-18.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.15-4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.13-18.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.13-18.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.13-18.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.13-18.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.15-4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.13-18.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.15-4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.15-4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.13-18.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.13-18.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.13-18.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.13-18.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.4.13-18.3.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
9- github.com/libproxy/libproxy/issues/134nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00030.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00033.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00012.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/4514-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4800nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CNID6EZVOVH7EZB7KFU2EON54CFDIVUR/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JF5JSONJNO64ARWRVOS6K6HSIPHEF3H2/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SSVZAAVHBJR3Z4MZNR55QW3OQFAS2STH/nvd
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