Vulnerability CVE-2019-20800
Published: 2020-05-18

Description:
In Cherokee through 1.2.104, remote attackers can trigger an out-of-bounds write in cherokee_handler_cgi_add_env_pair in handler_cgi.c by sending many request headers, as demonstrated by a GET request with many "Host: 127.0.0.1" headers.

Type:

CWE-787

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Cherokee-project -> Cherokee 

 References:
https://github.com/cherokee/webserver/issues/1224
https://logicaltrust.net/blog/2019/11/cherokee.html
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