CVE-2020-36420

Public Exploit

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

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.71% Top 30%
Third-Party Advisory openwall.com Third-Party Advisory gentoo.org Third-Party Advisory github.com Third-Party Advisory openwall.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/18/1 mailing list exploit third party advisory
https://bugs.gentoo.org/755896 issue tracking patch exploit third party advisory
https://github.com/jech/polipo/commit/4d42ca1b5849518762d110f34b6ce2e03d6df9ec third party advisory patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/18/1 third party advisory mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-36420?
CVE-2020-36420 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-36420?
To fix CVE-2020-36420, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-36420 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2020-36420 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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