CVE-2019-12412

Publication date 30 September 2019

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

A flaw in the libapreq2 v2.07 to v2.13 multipart parser can deference a null pointer leading to a process crash. A remote attacker could send a request causing a process crash which could lead to a denial of service attack.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that libapreq2 did not properly sanitize the Content-Type field in certain, crafted HTTP requests. An attacker could use the vulnerability to cause libapreq2 to crash.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libapreq2 22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.10 impish
Not affected
21.04 hirsute
Not affected
20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
19.10 eoan Ignored end of life
19.04 disco Ignored end of life
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 2.13-7~deb10u1build0.18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-4558-1
    • libapreq2 vulnerabilities
    • 30 September 2020
    • USN-5041-1
    • libapreq2 vulnerability
    • 17 August 2021

Other references