Sphinx 3.1.1 missing authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sphinx 3.1.1. It has been classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to missing authentication. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2019-14511. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to apply restrictive firewalling.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Sphinx 3.1.1. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a missing authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-306. The product does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Sphinx Technologies Sphinx 3.1.1 by default has no authentication and listens on 0.0.0.0, making it exposed to the internet (unless filtered by a firewall or reconfigured to listen to 127.0.0.1 only).

The weakness was presented 08/22/2019 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at lists.fedoraproject.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-14511 since 08/01/2019. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 316192 (Unity Linux 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: sphinx (UTSA-2026-016628)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Addressing this vulnerability is possible by firewalling .

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (316192). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3

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VulDB Temp Score: 7.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Missing authentication
CWE: CWE-306 / CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 316192
Nessus Name: Unity Linux 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: sphinx (UTSA-2026-016628)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Firewall
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Timelineinfo

08/01/2019 🔍
08/22/2019 +21 days 🔍
08/23/2019 +1 days 🔍
05/24/2026 +2466 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: FEDORA-2019-1f604fd2f2
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2019-14511 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-14511
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-140663

Entryinfo

Created: 08/23/2019 09:04
Updated: 05/24/2026 16:02
Changes: 08/23/2019 09:04 (53), 08/03/2020 17:10 (1), 12/01/2023 09:31 (4), 05/24/2026 16:02 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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