ubuntu-cve-2019-9689
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2019-12-03 20:15
Modified
2026-04-22 07:38
Summary
Details

process_certificate in tls1.c in Cameron Hamilton-Rich axTLS through 2.1.5 has a Buffer Overflow via a crafted TLS certificate handshake message with zero certificates.

Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "axhttpd",
            "binary_version": "2.1.5+ds-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libaxtls1",
            "binary_version": "2.1.5+ds-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libaxtlsp-perl",
            "binary_version": "2.1.5+ds-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "lua-axtlsl",
            "binary_version": "2.1.5+ds-1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS",
        "name": "axtls",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/axtls@2.1.5+ds-1?arch=source\u0026distro=focal"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2.1.5+ds-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "axhttpd",
            "binary_version": "2.1.5+ds-1build2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libaxtls1",
            "binary_version": "2.1.5+ds-1build2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libaxtlsp-perl",
            "binary_version": "2.1.5+ds-1build2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "lua-axtlsl",
            "binary_version": "2.1.5+ds-1build2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:22.04:LTS",
        "name": "axtls",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/axtls@2.1.5+ds-1build2?arch=source\u0026distro=jammy"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
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            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2.1.5+ds-1build1",
        "2.1.5+ds-1build2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "process_certificate in tls1.c in Cameron Hamilton-Rich axTLS through 2.1.5 has a Buffer Overflow via a crafted TLS certificate handshake message with zero certificates.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2019-9689",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:38:56Z",
  "published": "2019-12-03T20:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-9689"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://axtls.sourceforge.net"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155500/axTLS-2.1.5-Denial-Of-Service.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/44"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.telekom.com/en/corporate-responsibility/data-protection-data-security/security/details/advisories-504842"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.telekom.com/resource/blob/586428/51ae062269fbcb068bd20379f87f1398/dl-191121-critical-remote-denial-of-service-vulnerability-ii--data.pdf"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-9689"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2019-9689"
  ]
}



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