GoHTTP up to 2017-07-25 Extension GetExtension memory corruption

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in GoHTTP up to 2017-07-25. Affected by this vulnerability is the function GetExtension of the component Extension Handler. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-12158. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in GoHTTP up to 2017-07-25 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function GetExtension of the component Extension Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

GoHTTP through 2017-07-25 has a GetExtension heap-based buffer overflow via a long extension.

The bug was discovered 05/17/2019. The weakness was disclosed 05/17/2019. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-12158 since 05/17/2019. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The entries VDB-135214 and VDB-135213 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• GoHTTP

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• 2017-07-25

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