CVE-2019-20799 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In Cherokee through 1.2.104, multiple memory corruption errors may be used by a remote attacker to destabilize the work of a server.

Published: 2020-05-17

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 2.4% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:cherokee-project:cherokee:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2019-11336	In Cherokee through 1.2.104, multiple memory corruption errors may be used by a remote attacker to destabilize the work of a server.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02355.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/cherokee/webserver/issues/1221
https://github.com/cherokee/webserver/issues/1222
https://github.com/cherokee/webserver/issues/1225
https://github.com/cherokee/webserver/issues/1226
https://logicaltrust.net/blog/2019/11/cherokee.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-09

History

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Subscriptions

Cherokee-project Cherokee

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-05-17T23:06:01.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T02:53:09.079Z

Reserved: 2020-05-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-20799

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-05-18T00:15:11.237

Modified: 2026-06-17T02:31:12.897

Link: CVE-2019-20799

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-787
Out-of-bounds Write

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