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CVE-2020-12845

7.5 · HIGH

Cherokee 0.4.27 to 1.2.104 is affected by a denial of service due to a NULL pointer dereferences.

Published Jul 27, 2020CWE-476EPSS 3.20%

Overview

CVE-2020-12845 is a high-severity vulnerability. It was published on July 27, 2020 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5, rated HIGH. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

Technical description

Cherokee 0.4.27 to 1.2.104 is affected by a denial of service due to a NULL pointer dereferences. A remote unauthenticated attacker can crash the server by sending an HTTP request to protected resources using a malformed Authorization header that is mishandled during a cherokee_buffer_add call within cherokee_validator_parse_basic or cherokee_validator_parse_digest.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

References

Refcherokee-project.com/downloads.htmlGitHubgithub.com/cherokee/webserver/issues/1242GitHubgithub.com/cherokee/webserver/releasesRefsecurity.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-09Refcherokee-project.com/downloads.htmlGitHubgithub.com/cherokee/webserver/issues/1242GitHubgithub.com/cherokee/webserver/releasesRefsecurity.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-09

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-12845?

CVE-2020-12845 is a high-severity vulnerability. It was published on July 27, 2020 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

How severe is CVE-2020-12845?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5, rated HIGH. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2020-12845?

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2020-12845?

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