CVE-2020-15694

Summary

CVECVE-2020-15694
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-08-14 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-02-08 20:39:00 UTC
DescriptionIn Nim 1.2.4, the standard library httpClient fails to properly validate the server response. For example, httpClient.get().contentLength() does not raise any error if a malicious server provides a negative Content-Length.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Nim-lang Nim All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Nim/httpclient.nim at dc5a40f3f39c6ea672e6dc6aca7f8118a69dda99 · nim-lang/Nim · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Nim - stdlib Httpclient - Header Crlf Injection & Server Response Validation | ConsenSys Diligence MISC consensys.net Exploit, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - [CVE-2020-15693, CVE-2020-15694] Nim - stdlib Httpclient - Header Crlf Injection & Server Response Validation MLIST www.openwall.com Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Versions 1.2.6 and 1.0.8 released - Nim Blog CONFIRM nim-lang.org Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 180650 Debian Security Update for nim (CVE-2020-15694)

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