CVE-2019-12412

Public on 2019-11-19

Modified on 2019-11-22

Description

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.

Severity

Important

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CVSS v3 Base Score

7.5

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Affected Packages

Platform	Package	Release Date	Advisory
Amazon Linux 1	libapreq2	2019-11-19 17:31	ALAS-2019-1323

CVSS Scores

	Score Type	Score	Vector
Amazon Linux	CVSSv2	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Amazon Linux	CVSSv3	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	CVSSv2	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD	CVSSv3	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Red Hat: CVE-2019-12412 Mitre: CVE-2019-12412 FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity