CVE-2017-8807

Summary

CVECVE-2017-8807
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-11-16 02:29:00 UTC
Updated2022-08-02 16:29:00 UTC
Descriptionvbf_stp_error in bin/varnishd/cache/cache_fetch.c in Varnish HTTP Cache 4.1.x before 4.1.9 and 5.x before 5.2.1 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory because a VFP_GetStorage buffer is larger than intended in certain circumstances involving -sfile Stevedore transient objects.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Varnish-cache Varnish All All All All
Application Varnish-cache Varnish All All All All
Application Varnish-cache Varnish Cache All All All All
Application Varnish Cache Project Varnish Cache All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Avoid buffer read overflow on vcl_error and -sfile · varnishcache/varnish-cache@176f8a0 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
VSV00002 Data leak - ‘-sfile’ Stevedore transient objects — Varnish HTTP Cache CONFIRM varnish-cache.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
bugfix : coredump causes by memcpy in vbf_stp_error by shamger · Pull Request #2429 · varnishcache/varnish-cache · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4034-1 varnish DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Varnish Cache CVE-2017-8807 Information Disclosure Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
#881808 - varnish: CVE-2017-8807: Data leak - '-sfile' Stevedore transient objects - Debian Bug report logs CONFIRM bugs.debian.org Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500717 Alpine Linux Security Update for varnish
  • 504491 Alpine Linux Security Update for varnish
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