MGASA-2017-0253

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    MGASA-2017-0253

    Published: 9 Aug 2017Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-12425

    Summary: Updated varnish packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: A denial of service vulnerability was discovered in Varnish, a state of the art, high-performance web accelerator. Specially crafted HTTP requests can cause the Varnish daemon to assert and restart, clearing the cache in the process (CVE-2017-12425).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0253.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21449, https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12425, https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3924

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: varnish

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/varnish?arch=source&distro=mageia-6

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.0.0-3.1.mga6

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High