# CVE-2019-16239: process\_http\_response in OpenConnect before 8.05 has a Buffer Overflow when a malicious server uses HTTP chunked encoding with crafted chunk

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-09-17 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

process_http_response in OpenConnect before 8.05 has a Buffer Overflow when a malicious server uses HTTP chunked encoding with crafted chunk sizes.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://t2.fi/schedule/2019/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WI7ZENFAWCHF2RU4NHPL2CU4WGZ4BNDJ/
- http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/openconnect-devel/2019-September/005412.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HDMZGNBLZZKAGBI2PNXYWWKLD2LXKFH6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FX56KYWC7X4ETV4P6HGJC7GZUEBITBBS/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00060.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00061.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4607
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/31
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4565-1/

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