CVE-2021-3466 Information

Description

A flaw was found in libmicrohttpd. A missing bounds check in the post_process_urlencoded function leads to a buffer overflow allowing a remote attacker to write arbitrary data in an application that uses libmicrohttpd. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability. Only version 0.9.70 is vulnerable.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1939127 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4334XJNDJPYQNFE6S3S2KUJJ7TMHYCWL/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K5NEPVGP3L2CZHLZ4UB44PEILHKPDBOG/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/75HDMREKITMGPGE62NP7KE62ZJVLETXN/ A flaw was found in libmicrohttpd. A missing bounds check in the post_process_urlencoded function leads to a buffer overflow allowing a remote attacker to write arbitrary data in an application that uses libmicrohttpd. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability. Only version 0.9.70 is vulnerable.

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8